linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/4] perf intel-bts: Smatch: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Mon,  8 Jul 2019 22:39:35 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] perf intel-bts: Smatch: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

Based on the following report from Smatch, fix the potential
NULL pointer dereference check.

  tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c:898
  intel_bts_process_auxtrace_info() error: we previously assumed
  'session->itrace_synth_opts' could be null (see line 894)

  tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c:899
  intel_bts_process_auxtrace_info() warn: variable dereferenced before
  check 'session->itrace_synth_opts' (see line 898)

tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
894         if (session->itrace_synth_opts && session->itrace_synth_opts->set) {
895                 bts->synth_opts = *session->itrace_synth_opts;
896         } else {
897                 itrace_synth_opts__set_default(&bts->synth_opts,
898                                 session->itrace_synth_opts->default_no_sample);
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
899                 if (session->itrace_synth_opts)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
900                         bts->synth_opts.thread_stack =
901                                 session->itrace_synth_opts->thread_stack;
902         }

'session->itrace_synth_opts' is impossible to be a NULL pointer in
intel_bts_process_auxtrace_info(), thus this patch removes the NULL
test for 'session->itrace_synth_opts'.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
index 5a21bcdb8ef7..5560e95afdda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
@@ -891,13 +891,12 @@ int intel_bts_process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
 	if (dump_trace)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (session->itrace_synth_opts && session->itrace_synth_opts->set) {
+	if (session->itrace_synth_opts->set) {
 		bts->synth_opts = *session->itrace_synth_opts;
 	} else {
 		itrace_synth_opts__set_default(&bts->synth_opts,
 				session->itrace_synth_opts->default_no_sample);
-		if (session->itrace_synth_opts)
-			bts->synth_opts.thread_stack =
+		bts->synth_opts.thread_stack =
 				session->itrace_synth_opts->thread_stack;
 	}
 
-- 
2.17.1