perf tools: Fix version kernel tag
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: John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ian 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: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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