perf sched: Fix NULL dereference in latency_runtime_event

latency_runtime_event() passes the return value of
machine__findnew_thread() directly to thread_atoms_search() at line
1216, before checking for NULL at line 1220.  thread_atoms_search()
calls pid_cmp() which dereferences the thread pointer via
thread__tid(), causing a NULL pointer dereference if the allocation
fails.

All other callers of thread_atoms_search() in this file
(latency_switch_event, latency_wakeup_event,
latency_migrate_task_event) correctly check for NULL first.

Move the atoms assignment after the NULL check to match the pattern
used by the other callers.

Fixes: b91fc39f4a ("perf machine: Protect the machine->threads with a rwlock")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2026-06-04 12:56:02 -03:00
commit 8cbca8a480