Re: perf list segfaults on the v4.4-rc8 (bisect log added)

From	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: perf list segfaults on the v4.4-rc8 (bisect log added)
Date	2016-01-08 23:10 +0100
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> > With latest mainline perf, perf list results in a Segmentation fault on
> > a powerpc machine.
> > 
> > $ ./perf list
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > $
> ..
> > Attached is the patch that causes this issue for quick reference.
> > 
> > From a43eec304259a6c637f4014a6d4767159b6a3aa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
> > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:02:34 -0700
> > Subject: [PATCH] bpf: introduce bpf_perf_event_output() helper
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/8/330
> this pull req contains the fix.
> Pls double check.
> 

Yes, this fixes the problem.

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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perf list segfaults on the v4.4-rc8 (bisect log added) Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-01-08 21:40 +0100
  Re: perf list segfaults on the v4.4-rc8 (bisect log added) Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 22:10 +0100
    Re: perf list segfaults on the v4.4-rc8 (bisect log added) Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-01-08 23:10 +0100

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