[PATCH 5.12 154/296] perf debug: Move debug initialization earlier

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 31 2021 - 12:28:45 EST


From: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit c59870e2110e1229a6e4b2457aece6ffe8d68d99 upstream.

This avoids segfaults during option handlers that use pr_err. For
example, "perf --debug nopager list" segfaults before this change.

Fixes: 8abceacff87d (perf debug: Add debug_set_file function)
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210519164447.2672030-1-irogers@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/perf.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
const char *cmd;
char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];

+ perf_debug_setup();
+
/* libsubcmd init */
exec_cmd_init("perf", PREFIX, PERF_EXEC_PATH, EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT);
pager_init(PERF_PAGER_ENVIRONMENT);
@@ -531,8 +533,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
*/
pthread__block_sigwinch();

- perf_debug_setup();
-
while (1) {
static int done_help;