Re: [RFC PATCH 01/22] perf: probe: avoid segfault if passed with ''.

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Tue May 05 2015 - 12:34:11 EST


On 2015/05/06 0:26, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:09:21PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
>> On 2015/04/30 19:52, Wang Nan wrote:
>>> Since parse_perf_probe_point() deals with a user passed argument, we
>>> should not assume it to be a valid string.
>>>
>>> Without this patch, if pass '' to perf probe, a segfault raises:
>>>
>>> $ perf probe -a ''
>>> Segmentation fault
>
>>> This patch checks argument of parse_perf_probe_point() before
>>> string processing.
>
>>> After this patch:
>
>>> $ perf probe -a ''
>>>
>>> usage: perf probe [<options>] 'PROBEDEF' ['PROBEDEF' ...]
>>> or: perf probe [<options>] --add 'PROBEDEF' [--add 'PROBEDEF' ...]
>>> ...
>
>> This looks OK to me.
>
>> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Could you split this as an independent bugfix with my ack?
>
> You mean split from this patchkit? I already did that, added it to my
> perf/urgent branch, where I'll add your acked-by as well,

Ah, you've done it! I missed it.

Thanks!

>
> - Arnaldo
>


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Masami HIRAMATSU
Linux Technology Research Center, System Productivity Research Dept.
Center for Technology Innovation - Systems Engineering
Hitachi, Ltd., Research & Development Group
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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