perf probe: Fix segfault if passed with ''.
Since parse_perf_probe_point() deals with a user passed argument, we should not assume it to be a valid string. Without this patch, if pass '' to perf probe, a segfault raises: $ perf probe -a '' Segmentation fault This patch checks argument of parse_perf_probe_point() before string processing. After this patch: $ perf probe -a '' usage: perf probe [<options>] 'PROBEDEF' ['PROBEDEF' ...] or: perf probe [<options>] --add 'PROBEDEF' [--add 'PROBEDEF' ...] ... Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1430210769-94177-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.comSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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