By the time we call pmu::add(), event->ctx must be set, and we even already rely on this, so remove that test from intel_pmu_lbr_add(). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c @@ -440,8 +440,7 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_add(struct perf_event } cpuc->br_sel = event->hw.branch_reg.reg; - if (branch_user_callstack(cpuc->br_sel) && event->ctx && - event->ctx->task_ctx_data) { + if (branch_user_callstack(cpuc->br_sel) && event->ctx->task_ctx_data) { task_ctx = event->ctx->task_ctx_data; task_ctx->lbr_callstack_users++; }