Re: [PATCH] perf session: Fix possible null pointer dereference in session.c

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu May 15 2014 - 03:44:56 EST


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 02:13:38AM +0900, Masanari Iida wrote:
> cppcheck detected following warning.
> [tools/perf/util/session.c:1628] -> [tools/perf/util/session.c:1632]:
> (warning) Possible null pointer dereference: session - otherwise it
> is redundant to check it against null.
>
> In order to avoide null pointer, check the pointer before use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@xxxxxxxxx>

applied, thanks

jirka

> ---
> tools/perf/util/session.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> index 55960f2..64a186e 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> @@ -1625,13 +1625,14 @@ out_delete_map:
> void perf_session__fprintf_info(struct perf_session *session, FILE *fp,
> bool full)
> {
> - int fd = perf_data_file__fd(session->file);
> struct stat st;
> - int ret;
> + int fd, ret;
>
> if (session == NULL || fp == NULL)
> return;
>
> + fd = perf_data_file__fd(session->file);
> +
> ret = fstat(fd, &st);
> if (ret == -1)
> return;
> --
> 2.0.0.rc3.2.g998f840
>
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