Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHEA-2012:0267 - oprofile enhancement update

Synopsis

oprofile enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated oprofile packages that add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

OProfile is a system-wide profiler for Linux systems. The profiling runs transparently in the background and profile data can be collected at any time. OProfile uses the hardware performance counters provided on many processors, and can use the Real Time Clock (RTC) for profiling on processors without counters.

This update adds the following enhancements:

  • Previously, the OProfile profiler did not provide the performance monitoring events for the Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and other processors formerly code named "Sandy Bridge". This update provides the files specific to the performance events of processors formerly code named "Sandy Bridge" and adds support for identification of these processors. (BZ#713667)

  • Previously, the OProfile profiler did not identify the processors based on the Intel Xeon Processor E56XX, L56XX, W36XX and X56XX families. As a result, OProfile used the fallback Intel Architected events. With this update, OProfile provides the events specific to the processors based on the Intel Xeon Processor E56XX, L56XX, W36XX and X56XX families. (BZ#643476)

All OProfile users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • oprofile-gui-0.9.4-20.el5.i386.rpm
  • oprofile-devel-0.9.4-20.el5.ppc.rpm
  • oprofile-jit-0.9.4-20.el5.ppc.rpm
  • oprofile-devel-0.9.4-20.el5.s390.rpm
  • oprofile-devel-0.9.4-20.el5.s390x.rpm
  • oprofile-devel-0.9.4-20.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • oprofile-jit-0.9.4-20.el5.s390.rpm
  • oprofile-gui-0.9.4-20.el5.ppc.rpm
  • oprofile-jit-0.9.4-20.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • oprofile-gui-0.9.4-20.el5.s390x.rpm
  • oprofile-jit-0.9.4-20.el5.s390x.rpm
  • oprofile-devel-0.9.4-20.el5.i386.rpm
  • oprofile-0.9.4-20.el5.i386.rpm
  • oprofile-0.9.4-20.el5.src.rpm
  • oprofile-jit-0.9.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • oprofile-gui-0.9.4-20.el5.ia64.rpm
  • oprofile-devel-0.9.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • oprofile-gui-0.9.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • oprofile-jit-0.9.4-20.el5.ia64.rpm
  • oprofile-devel-0.9.4-20.el5.ia64.rpm
  • oprofile-0.9.4-20.el5.s390x.rpm
  • oprofile-0.9.4-20.el5.ppc.rpm
  • oprofile-0.9.4-20.el5.ia64.rpm
  • oprofile-0.9.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • oprofile-jit-0.9.4-20.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information