linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] perf top: Fix freeze on --call-graph flat/folded

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Message-Id: <1448521700-32062-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2015 16:08:18 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] perf top: Fix freeze on --call-graph flat/folded

The callchain rbtree is rebuilt periodically, so it needs to
reinitialize the root everytime.  Otherwise it can be stuck in the
rbtree insertion with stale pointers.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index fc3b1e0d09ee..564377d2bebf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ static void
 sort_chain_flat(struct rb_root *rb_root, struct callchain_root *root,
 		u64 min_hit, struct callchain_param *param __maybe_unused)
 {
+	*rb_root = RB_ROOT;
 	__sort_chain_flat(rb_root, &root->node, min_hit);
 }
 
-- 
2.6.2

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