linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix NULL point in free

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Message-ID: <1284389746.2275.312.camel@laptop>
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:55:46 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	eranian@...gle.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, paulus@...ba.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, fweisbec@...il.com,
	perfmon2-devel@...ts.sf.net, eranian@...il.com,
	robert.richter@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix NULL point in free_event()

On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 16:36 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Without the following patch, perf top as non-root and
> paranoid cpu set causes a NULL pointer dereference in
> free_event() because event->ctx is NULL.

Yeah, its already on its way.. Cyrill also reported this.
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