loc is passed as NULL in tools/perf/tests/bpf.c do_test, meaning errors trigger a segv when trying to access. Add the missing NULL check. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c index 926d3ac97324..02647313c918 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_state *parse_state, return 0; errout: - parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, param.loc->first_column, + parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, param.loc ? param.loc->first_column : 0, strdup(errbuf), strdup("(add -v to see detail)")); return err; } -- 2.41.0.487.g6d72f3e995-goog