Re: [BUG] libtraceevent: perf script -g python segfaults

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:42:05 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'll try and continue later, but if you guys can take a look...

Does this fix it for you?

-- Steve

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index ad74be1f0e42..227629796e32 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -193,30 +193,32 @@ int parse_event_file(struct tep_handle *pevent,
 struct tep_event *trace_find_next_event(struct tep_handle *pevent,
 					struct tep_event *event)
 {
+	static struct tep_event **all_events;
 	static int idx;
 	int events_count;
-	struct tep_event *all_events;
 
-	all_events = tep_get_first_event(pevent);
 	events_count = tep_get_events_count(pevent);
 	if (!pevent || !all_events || events_count < 1)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!event) {
 		idx = 0;
-		return all_events;
+		all_events = tep_list_events(pevent, TEP_EVENT_SORT_ID);
+		if (all_events)
+			return all_events[0];
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (idx < events_count && event == (all_events + idx)) {
+	if (idx < events_count && event == all_events[idx]) {
 		idx++;
 		if (idx == events_count)
 			return NULL;
-		return (all_events + idx);
+		return all_events[idx];
 	}
 
 	for (idx = 1; idx < events_count; idx++) {
-		if (event == (all_events + (idx - 1)))
-			return (all_events + idx);
+		if (event == all_events[idx - 1])
+			return all_events[idx];
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }