[PATCH v2] perf tools: Fix segfault in 'perf top'

From: Wang Nan
Date: Mon Sep 14 2015 - 06:24:30 EST


'perf top' segfaults with following operation:

# perf top -e page-faults -p 11400 # 11400 never generates page-fault

Then on the resulting empty interface, press right key:

# ./perf top -e page-faults -p 11400
perf: Segmentation fault
-------- backtrace --------
./perf[0x535428]
/lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3545f)[0x7f0dd360745f]
./perf[0x531d46]
./perf(perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists+0x96)[0x5340d6]
./perf[0x44ba2f]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x81d0)[0x7f0dd49dc1d0]
/lib64/libc.so.6(clone+0x6c)[0x7f0dd36b90dc]

The bug reside in perf_evsel__hists_browse() that, in the above circumstance
browser->selection can be NULL, but code after skip_annotation doesn't consider
it.

This patch fix it by checking browser->selection before fetching
browser->selection->map.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index e4fd40f..182b87a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,8 @@ skip_annotation:
&options[nr_options], dso);
nr_options += add_map_opt(browser, &actions[nr_options],
&options[nr_options],
- browser->selection->map);
+ browser->selection ?
+ browser->selection->map : NULL);
nr_options += add_socket_opt(browser, &actions[nr_options],
&options[nr_options],
socket);
@@ -2027,6 +2028,15 @@ skip_annotation:
&actions[nr_options],
&options[nr_options],
thread, NULL);
+ /*
+ * Note that browser->selection != NULL
+ * when browser->he_selection is not NULL,
+ * so we don't need to check browser->selection
+ * before fetching browser->selection->sym like what
+ * we do before fetching browser->selection->map.
+ *
+ * See hist_browser__show_entry.
+ */
nr_options += add_script_opt(browser,
&actions[nr_options],
&options[nr_options],
--
1.8.3.4

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