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    perf tools: Fix version kernel tag · 7572733b
    John Garry authored
    Generating the version kernel tag relies on "git describe" command to
    get the latest Linus kernel tag.
    
    However, when working from clones of Linus' git we may not have the latest
    tag. For example, when working on Arnaldo's acme.git, we can have this:
    
      $ git branch
      perf/core
      $ head -n 5 ../../Makefile  | tail -n 4
      VERSION = 5
      PATCHLEVEL = 17
      SUBLEVEL = 0
      EXTRAVERSION = -rc3
      $ git describe --abbrev=0 --match "v[0-9].[0-9]*"
      v4.13-rc5
    
    Indeed using tags is a problem as it relies on tags being pulled from
    Linus' git (and pushed to the clone).
    
    In commit a4147f0f ("perf tools: Fix perf version generation")
    Robert introduced a change to use the kernelversion rule to generate the
    kernel tag when no git tags are available.
    
    However, as mentioned above, the tag we generate may be incorrect, so
    just always use kernelversion to get the tag (apart from building perf
    out of tree).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarIan Rogers <irogers@google.com>
    Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
    Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1645449409-158238-3-git-send-email-john.garry@huawei.comSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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