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btree: catch NULL value before it does harm

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Storing NULL values in the btree is illegal and can lead to memory
corruption and possible other fun as well.  Catch it on insert, instead
of waiting for the inevitable.

Signed-off-by: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joern Engel 2012-06-07 14:21:14 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static int btree_insert_level(struct btree_head *head, struct btree_geo *geo,
int btree_insert(struct btree_head *head, struct btree_geo *geo,
unsigned long *key, void *val, gfp_t gfp)
{
BUG_ON(!val);
return btree_insert_level(head, geo, key, val, 1, gfp);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(btree_insert);