linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Avoid segfault on alias parse error

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Message-ID: <20170817170453.GL28715@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:04:53 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, jolsa@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Avoid segfault on alias parse error

> So it will _not_ set to null a member that it doesn't have, i.e. the
> minimal fix is to just have the hunks below, making sure that the error
> field is present in both structs. No need to set
> parse_event_terms->error to anything, it will be set to null since other
> fields are set to something.

Right but I want to see the error too. That is why I added a real 
error handler.

-Andi