linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: get version from uname(2), not /proc

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Message-ID: <20151007153400.GI26924@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2015 08:34:00 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Matt Mullins <mmullins@...pensource.com>
Cc:	acme@...nel.org, Vinson Lee <vlee@...pensource.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: get version from uname(2), not /proc

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 03:53:14PM -0700, Matt Mullins wrote:
> Tools in kmod (e.g. modprobe) compose the module path from the release
> from uname(2).  Because we use the UNAME26 personality, we need perf to
> find modules located at the same path as the system tools.

May be easier to just reset the personality.

-Andi
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