linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [perf] Fix null pointer deference in nest

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 22:12:56 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     gaurav singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM" 
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [perf] Fix null pointer deference in nest_epollfd

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 6:28 AM gaurav singh <gaurav1086@...il.com> wrote:
>
> multiqu is a static bool which is never assigned and nested is a static int (=0)

It's set by command line option (-m).

Thanks
Namhyung


> and only assigned in nest_epollfd(). Hence,
>
>         if (nested)
>             nest_epollfd(NULL);
>
> probably never gets executed.