Re: Announcement: OProfile 1.1.0

Correction to the subject line.  This is oprofile-1.1.0.

-Will

On 08/03/2015 12:29 PM, William Cohen wrote:
> We are pleased to announce the general availability of OProfile 1.1.0.
> You can download this release at:
> 	http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/download/
> 
> -Will Cohen
> 
> OProfile is a powerful system-wide profiler for Linux.
> Read more at http://oprofile.sf.net
> 
> OProfile 1.1.0 has been released.
> 
> New features
> ------------
> 
> - New/updated Processor Support
>     * Broadcom Brahmma-B15 CPU
>     * Intel Skylake
>     * Intel Airmont
>     * Intel Xeon D
> 
> 
> Bug fixes
> ---------
> 
> Filed bug reports:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |  BUG ID   |  Summary 
> |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------
> |  277      | Fix compile error missing <time.h> include for uClibc platform
> |  275      | oprofile-1.0.0 fails to recognize AMD Athlon-XP CPU
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Other bug fixes and improvements without a filed report (e.g., posted to the list):
> ---------------
>    - Prevent dropping of samples when the JVM changes memory mappings
>    - Better handling of IBM Power JVM generated zero-sized mappings
>    - Correct handling of anon_hugepage mmap entries for Java
>    - Improved oparchive documentation and man page
>    - Fixed compile error when using compile fortification
>    - Support IBM Power 8 event code larger than sizeof int
>    - Avoid changing POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable for processes monitored
>      by operf and ocount
>    - Ensure correct setting of the extra bits (edge, inv, cmask) for Intel
>      processors
>    - Fix default unit masks for Intel Haswell and Broadwell processors
>    - Correctly initialize operf temporary file header information
> 
> 
> Known problems and limitations
> -------------------------
> - When using operf to profile multiple events, the absolute number of
>   events recorded may be substantially fewer than expected. This can be
>   due to known bug in the Linux kernel's Performance Events Subsystem that
>   was fixed sometime between Linux kernel version 3.1 and 3.5.
> 
> - Since the default unit mask for Intel Broadwell cycle_activity
>   cannot be uniquely specified by numbers, the default has to be
>   replaced by a named one and named unit masks should be used rather
>   than numbers for this event.
> 
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