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Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 11:35:35 +0200
From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
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Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] perf probe: Don't compile CFI related code if
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On 17.05.10 21:57:38, tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Commit-ID:  7752f1b096e13991f20b59fd11ba73da3809d93c
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/7752f1b096e13991f20b59fd11ba73da3809d93c
> Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 10 May 2010 13:12:07 -0400
> Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> CommitDate: Mon, 17 May 2010 22:13:51 -0300
> 
> perf probe: Don't compile CFI related code if elfutils is old
> 
> Check elfutils version, and if it is old don't compile CFI analysis code. This
> allows to compile perf with old elfutils.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
> Tested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
> Reported-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> LKML-Reference: <20100510171207.26029.97604.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> ---

I think this patch is not needed as we came up with an alternative
solution with commit:

 6b3c4ef perf probe: Check older elfutils and set NO_DWARF

-Robert

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