From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@altlinux.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@gmail.com>,
peterz@infradead.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@altlinux.org>
Subject: Re: Should perf version match kernel version?
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2020 13:51:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200802115124.GA1044@bug> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200729175704.gsbh4gkbqxas5j2t@altlinux.org>
Hi!
> > >We strive to have it all compatible, older perf should work on newer
> > >kernel and newer perf should work on older kernel.
> > >
> > >How well it's all tested is another.
> > >
> > >Personally I often use a very old perf.
> >
> > Yeah, never was a requirement, if you find some problem using a new perf on an old kernel or the other way around, please report.
>
> That's great to know. Thanks for the answers!
Someone should tell debian, AFAICT they believe perf version == kernel version is a
requirement...and so says their manpage.
Pavel
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-02 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-29 15:56 Should perf version match kernel version? Vitaly Chikunov
2020-07-29 16:02 ` peterz
2020-07-29 16:27 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-07-29 17:57 ` Vitaly Chikunov
2020-07-29 18:28 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-08-02 11:51 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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