From: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> commit c59870e2110e1229a6e4b2457aece6ffe8d68d99 upstream. This avoids segfaults during option handlers that use pr_err. For example, "perf --debug nopager list" segfaults before this change. Fixes: 8abceacff87d (perf debug: Add debug_set_file function) Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210519164447.2672030-1-irogers@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/perf.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/tools/perf/perf.c +++ b/tools/perf/perf.c @@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) const char *cmd; char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE]; + perf_debug_setup(); + /* libsubcmd init */ exec_cmd_init("perf", PREFIX, PERF_EXEC_PATH, EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT); pager_init(PERF_PAGER_ENVIRONMENT); @@ -531,8 +533,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) */ pthread__block_sigwinch(); - perf_debug_setup(); - while (1) { static int done_help;