# ./perf trace -e sched:sched_switch -G test -a sleep 1 perf: Segmentation fault Obtained 11 stack frames. ./perf(sighandler_dump_stack+0x43) [0x55cfdc636db3] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x3efcf) [0x7fd23eecafcf] ./perf(parse_cgroups+0x36) [0x55cfdc673f36] ./perf(+0x3186ed) [0x55cfdc70d6ed] ./perf(parse_options_subcommand+0x629) [0x55cfdc70e999] ./perf(cmd_trace+0x9c2) [0x55cfdc5ad6d2] ./perf(+0x1e8ae0) [0x55cfdc5ddae0] ./perf(+0x1e8ded) [0x55cfdc5ddded] ./perf(main+0x370) [0x55cfdc556f00] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7fd23eeadb96] ./perf(_start+0x29) [0x55cfdc557389] Segmentation fault
It happens because "struct trace" in option->value is passed to parse_cgroups function instead of "struct evlist". Signed-off-by: Stanislav Ivanichkin <sivanich...@yandex-team.ru> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmtrmonak...@yandex-team.ru> --- tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index bea461b6f937..cbc4de6840db 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -4651,9 +4651,12 @@ static int trace__parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int u { struct trace *trace = opt->value; - if (!list_empty(&trace->evlist->core.entries)) - return parse_cgroups(opt, str, unset); - + if (!list_empty(&trace->evlist->core.entries)) { + struct option o = OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &trace->evlist, + "name", "monitor event in cgroup name only", + parse_cgroups); + return parse_cgroups(&o, str, unset); + } trace->cgroup = evlist__findnew_cgroup(trace->evlist, str); return 0; -- 2.17.1