Comment 5 for bug 1470578

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2015-12-18 10:28 EDT-------
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04.3 ISO on a Power 8 Bare Metal Hardware.
Then executed the same test scenario again on the OS.

root@lep8d:~# uname -a
Linux lep8d 3.19.0-41-generic #46~14.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 17:45:57 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
root@lep8d:~# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="14.04.3 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"
VERSION_ID="14.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"

root@lep8d:~# perf trace sleep 1
root@lep8d:~# echo $?
0
root@lep8d:~# which perf
/usr/bin/perf

root@lep8d:~# dpkg -S /usr/bin/perf
linux-tools-common: /usr/bin/perf
root@lep8d:~# dpkg --list | grep linux-tools
ii linux-tools-3.19.0-41-generic 3.19.0-41.46~14.04.2 ppc64el Linux kernel version specific tools for version 3.19.0-41
ii linux-tools-common 3.13.0-73.116 all Linux kernel version specific tools for version 3.13.0

The issue is still happening with the latest Ubuntu 14.04.3 release.