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Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "The last fix for perf for this cycles:

   - Prevent a segfault when kernel.kptr_restrict=2 is set by avoiding a
     null pointer dereference"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf machine: Fix segfault for kernel.kptr_restrict=2
Linus Torvalds 8 years ago
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1 changed files with 6 additions and 4 deletions
  1. 6 4
      tools/perf/util/machine.c

+ 6 - 4
tools/perf/util/machine.c

@@ -1209,10 +1209,12 @@ int machine__create_kernel_maps(struct machine *machine)
 	 */
 	map_groups__fixup_end(&machine->kmaps);
 
-	if (machine__get_running_kernel_start(machine, &name, &addr)) {
-	} else if (maps__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(machine->vmlinux_maps, name, addr)) {
-		machine__destroy_kernel_maps(machine);
-		return -1;
+	if (!machine__get_running_kernel_start(machine, &name, &addr)) {
+		if (name &&
+		    maps__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(machine->vmlinux_maps, name, addr)) {
+			machine__destroy_kernel_maps(machine);
+			return -1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;