From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> commit aceb98261ea7d9fe38f9c140c5531f0b13623832 upstream. Do not dereference 'chain' when it is NULL. $ perf record -e intel_pt//u -e branch-misses:u uname $ perf report --itrace=l --branch-history perf: Segmentation fault Fixes: e9024d519d89 ("perf callchain: Honour the ordering of PERF_CONTEXT_{USER,KERNEL,etc}") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191114142538.4097-1-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/machine.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c @@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sam } check_calls: - if (callchain_param.order != ORDER_CALLEE) { + if (chain && callchain_param.order != ORDER_CALLEE) { err = find_prev_cpumode(chain, thread, cursor, parent, root_al, &cpumode, chain->nr - first_call); if (err)