linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/24] perf script: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

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Date:	Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:26:02 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/24] perf script: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>

If 'perf script --gen-script' was called with a perf.data which contains
no tracepoint event, it'd segfault due to NULL pevent pointer. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344909423-26384-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 4cb7f38..a5a554e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ struct event_format *trace_find_next_event(struct pevent *pevent,
 {
 	static int idx;
 
-	if (!pevent->events)
+	if (!pevent || !pevent->events)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!event) {
-- 
1.7.1

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