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#!/bin/bash

# Execute the right version of perf for the current kernel.
# Remove flavour or custom suffix and fix number of version components to 2.
version="$(uname -r)"
version="${version%%-*}"
case "$version" in
    *.*.*)
	version="${version%.*}"
	;;
esac
shopt -s execfail
exec "perf_$version" "$@"

# Not found? Tell the user which package to install.
case "$version" in
    3.* | 4.0 | 4.0.*)
	package=linux-tools-$version
	;;
    *)
	package=linux-perf-$version
	;;
esac
echo >&2 "E: $package is not installed."
exit 1