On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 01:37:59PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> > > In some cases when reading perf.data generated by much > older perf I got segfaults with dso->long_name being zero. > This patch fixes them for me. > > Haven't tracked down the exact cause. I assume it's > some error path that doesn't set it.
Any chance this patch fixies it for you? 330dfa224fcc perf tools: Fix segfault due to invalid kernel dso access it's on latest acme/perf/core jirka > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> > --- > tools/perf/util/machine.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c > index 52e9490..6266041 100644 > --- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c > +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c > @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct > machine *machine, > if (__machine__create_kernel_maps(machine, kernel) < 0) > goto out_problem; > > - if (strstr(dso->long_name, "vmlinux")) > + if (dso->long_name && strstr(dso->long_name, "vmlinux")) > dso__set_short_name(dso, "[kernel.vmlinux]", false); > > machine__set_kernel_mmap_len(machine, event); > -- > 1.9.3 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

