Re: [PATCH 4/4] xfs: strengthen btree pointer checks before use

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On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 09:10:46AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Instead of ASSERTing on null btree pointers in xfs_btree_ptr_to_daddr,
> use the new block number verifiers to ensure that the btree pointer
> doesn't point to any sensitive areas (AG headers, past-EOFS) and return
> -EFSCORRUPTED if this is the case.  Remove the ASSERT because on-disk
> corruptions shouldn't trigger ASSERTs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

I still get the feling we're going to have to validate ptrs before
we pull them from the tree, but this patch is fine.

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
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