linux-kernel - [PATCH 9/9] tools/lib/traceevent: Add sanity check to is_timestamp_in

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Date:   Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:44:12 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Slavomir Kaslev <kaslevs@...are.com>,
        Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] tools/lib/traceevent: Add sanity check to is_timestamp_in_us()

From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@...are.com>

This patch adds a sanity check to is_timestamp_in_us() input parameter
trace_clock. It avoids a potential segfault in case trace_clock is NULL.

Reported-by: Slavomir Kaslev <kaslevs@...are.com>
Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@...are.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 892cf032a096..0923e331441e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -5451,7 +5451,7 @@ void tep_event_info(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_event *event,
 
 static bool is_timestamp_in_us(char *trace_clock, bool use_trace_clock)
 {
-	if (!use_trace_clock)
+	if (!trace_clock || !use_trace_clock)
 		return true;
 
 	if (!strcmp(trace_clock, "local") || !strcmp(trace_clock, "global")
-- 
2.19.1