From: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org>

Not sure why we allowed the fail state, but it's wrong.  Wrong type for
'name' term can cause segfault, and there's probably more fun hidden.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <pau...@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijls...@chello.nl>
Link: 
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1429729824-13932-4-git-send-email-jo...@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index f2b46f3bc11b..c52705634267 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -549,6 +549,12 @@ do {                                                       
        \
 } while (0)
 
        switch (term->type_term) {
+       case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER:
+               /*
+                * Always succeed for sysfs terms, as we dont know
+                * at this point what type they need to have.
+                */
+               return 0;
        case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG:
                CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
                attr->config = term->val.num;
@@ -583,12 +589,12 @@ do {                                                      
        \
 }
 
 static int config_attr(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
-                      struct list_head *head, int fail)
+                      struct list_head *head)
 {
        struct parse_events_term *term;
 
        list_for_each_entry(term, head, list)
-               if (config_term(attr, term) && fail)
+               if (config_term(attr, term))
                        return -EINVAL;
 
        return 0;
@@ -605,7 +611,7 @@ int parse_events_add_numeric(struct list_head *list, int 
*idx,
        attr.config = config;
 
        if (head_config &&
-           config_attr(&attr, head_config, 1))
+           config_attr(&attr, head_config))
                return -EINVAL;
 
        return add_event(list, idx, &attr, NULL);
@@ -659,7 +665,8 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
         * Configure hardcoded terms first, no need to check
         * return value when called with fail == 0 ;)
         */
-       config_attr(&attr, head_config, 0);
+       if (config_attr(&attr, head_config))
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        if (perf_pmu__config(pmu, &attr, head_config))
                return -EINVAL;
-- 
1.9.3

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