3 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 032ba6398a5c..940257b5774e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ prefix_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(prefix))
 
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
 
-LIBS = -Wl,--whole-archive $(PERFLIBS) -Wl,--no-whole-archive $(EXTLIBS)
+LIBS = -Wl,--whole-archive $(PERFLIBS) -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--start-group $(EXTLIBS) -Wl,--end-group
 
 ALL_CFLAGS += $(BASIC_CFLAGS)
 ALL_CFLAGS += $(ARCH_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index 26d4d3fd6deb..ad73300f7bac 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git &&
 then
         VN=$(echo "$VN" | sed -e 's/-/./g');
 else
-        eval $(grep '^VERSION[[:space:]]*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' ')
-        eval $(grep '^PATCHLEVEL[[:space:]]*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' ')
-        eval $(grep '^SUBLEVEL[[:space:]]*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' ')
-        eval $(grep '^EXTRAVERSION[[:space:]]*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' ')
-
-        VN="${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL}.${SUBLEVEL}${EXTRAVERSION}"
+        VN=$(MAKEFLAGS= make -sC ../.. kernelversion)
 fi
 
 VN=$(expr "$VN" : v*'\(.*\)')
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 1e88485c16a0..0a7ed5b5e281 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -2187,6 +2187,7 @@ static const struct flag flags[] = {
         { "TASKLET_SOFTIRQ", 6 },
         { "SCHED_SOFTIRQ", 7 },
         { "HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ", 8 },
+        { "RCU_SOFTIRQ", 9 },
 
         { "HRTIMER_NORESTART", 0 },
         { "HRTIMER_RESTART", 1 },