From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> If the clock_context_init() fails, the ctx->instance->tsync will be NULL, but it may be used in calling tracecmd_write_guest_time_shift(). This will cause a SEGFAULT as that function expects it to be non NULL. Test for tsync not NULL and return -1 if it is. More should be done to warn when this happens, but for now prevent the SEGFAULT. This makes the code more robust. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c index bc6430983a96..75c27babfe43 100644 --- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c +++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ int tracecmd_write_guest_time_shift(struct tracecmd_output *handle, int i, j; int ret = -1; - if (!tsync->vcpu_count) + if (!tsync || !tsync->vcpu_count) return -1; vcount = 3 + (5 * tsync->vcpu_count); vector = calloc(vcount, sizeof(struct iovec)); -- 2.35.1