perf tools: Fix kernel version error in ubuntu
On ubuntu the internal kernel version code is different from what can be retrived from uname: $ uname -r 4.4.0-47-generic $ cat /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 263192 #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c)) $ cat /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h #define UTS_RELEASE "4.4.0-47-generic" #define UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI 47 $ cat /proc/version_signature Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24 The macro LINUX_VERSION_CODE is set to 4.4.24 (263192 == 0x40418), but `uname -r` reports 4.4.0. This mismatch causes LINUX_VERSION_CODE macro passed to BPF script become an incorrect value, results in magic failure in BPF loading: $ sudo ./buildperf/perf record -e ./tools/perf/tests/bpf-script-example.c ls event syntax error: './tools/perf/tests/bpf-script-example.c' \___ Failed to load program for unknown reason According to Ubuntu document (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/FAQ), the correct kernel version can be retrived through /proc/version_signature, which is ubuntu specific. This patch checks the existance of /proc/version_signature, and returns version number through parsing this file instead of uname. Version string is untouched (value returns from uname) because `uname -r` is required to be consistence with path of kbuild directory in /lib/module. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@fb.com> Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161115040617.69788-2-wangnan0@huawei.comSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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