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perf: Fix perf_event_init_context() 

perf_pin_task_context() can return NULL but perf_event_init_context()
assumes it will not, correct this.

Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140505171428.GU26782@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Peter Zijlstra 2014-05-05 19:12:20 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 46ce0fe97a
commit ffb4ef21ac
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@ -7729,6 +7729,8 @@ int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
* swapped under us.
*/
parent_ctx = perf_pin_task_context(parent, ctxn);
if (!parent_ctx)
return 0;
/*
* No need to check if parent_ctx != NULL here; since we saw