perf hists browser: Add NULL pointer check to prevent crash
Before this patch we can trigger a segfault by following steps: Step 0: Use 'perf record' to generate a perf.data without callchain Step 1: perf report Step 2: Use UP/DOWN to select an entry, don't press 'ENTER' Step 3: Use '/' to filter symbols, use a filter which returns empty result Step 4: Press 'ENTER' (notice here that the old selection is still there. This is another problem) Step 5: Press 'ENTER' to annotate that symbol Step 6: Press 'LEFT' to go out. Result: segfault: perf: Segmentation fault -------- backtrace -------- /home/wangnan/perf[0x53e568] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3545f)[0x7fba75d3245f] /home/wangnan/perf[0x537516] /home/wangnan/perf[0x533fef] /home/wangnan/perf[0x53b347] /home/wangnan/perf(perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists+0x96)[0x53d206] /home/wangnan/perf(cmd_report+0x1b9f)[0x442c7f] /home/wangnan/perf[0x47efa2] /home/wangnan/perf(main+0x5f5)[0x432fa5] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4)[0x7fba75d1ebd4] /home/wangnan/perf[0x4330d4] This is because in this case 'nd' could be NULL in ui_browser__hists_seek(), but that function never checks it. This patch adds checker for potential NULL pointer in that function. After this patch the above steps won't segfault. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1449455746-41952-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.comSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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