linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/7] perf tool: protect empty evlists

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Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:14:31 -0700
From:   David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] perf tool: protect empty evlists

A common pattern in in pipe-mode bugs is accessing an empty evlist.
Return NULL to make it easier to catch this problems.

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 39942995f537..ba4788462325 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -257,11 +257,15 @@ void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 
 static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__first(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
+	if (list_empty(&evlist->entries))
+		return NULL;
 	return list_entry(evlist->entries.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
 }
 
 static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__last(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
+	if (list_empty(&evlist->entries))
+		return NULL;
 	return list_entry(evlist->entries.prev, struct perf_evsel, node);
 }
 
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