Re: [PATCH] perf parse-events: Fix evsel allocation failure

[Namhyung Kim]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 06:55:57PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:38:34PM +0530, Faisal Bukhari wrote:
> > If evsel__new_idx() returns NULL, the function currently jumps 
> > to label 'out_err'.
> > Here, references to `cpus` and `pmu_cpus` are dropped.
> > Also, resources held by evsel->name and evsel->metric_id are freed.
> > But if evsel__new_idx() returns NULL, 
> > it can lead to NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> You forgot to add:
> 
> Fixes: cd63c22168257a0b ("perf parse-events: Minor __add_event refactoring")
> 
> Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Namhyung, I think this should go into v6.19-rc,

Sure, will add.

Thanks,
Namhyung