The bhrb_filter_map ("The Branch History Rolling Buffer") callback is only defined in raw CPUs' power_pmu structs. The "architected" CPUs use generic_compat_pmu, which does not have this callback, and crashes occur if a user tries to enable branch stack for an event. This add a NULL pointer check for bhrb_filter_map() which behaves as if the callback returned an error. This does not add the same check for config_bhrb() as the only caller checks for cpuhw->bhrb_users which remains zero if bhrb_filter_map==0. Fixes: be80e758d0c2 ("powerpc/perf: Add generic compat mode pmu driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.2+ Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru> Reviewed-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200602025612.62707-1-aik@ozlabs.ru
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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