[tip:perf/core] perf script: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

From: tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Aug 21 2012 - 12:13:03 EST


Commit-ID: d0d3913895e5b50623bd4dafd876e41c1169031d
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d0d3913895e5b50623bd4dafd876e41c1169031d
Author: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:57:03 +0900
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:36:30 -0300

perf script: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

If 'perf script --gen-script' was called with a perf.data which contains
no tracepoint event, it'd segfault due to NULL pevent pointer. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344909423-26384-1-git-send-email-namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 4cb7f38..a5a554e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ struct event_format *trace_find_next_event(struct pevent *pevent,
{
static int idx;

- if (!pevent->events)
+ if (!pevent || !pevent->events)
return NULL;

if (!event) {
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