The patch titled
Subject: btree: catch NULL value before it does harm
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
btree-catch-null-value-before-it-does-harm.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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From: Joern Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: btree: catch NULL value before it does harm
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@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/btree.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN lib/btree.c~btree-catch-null-value-before-it-does-harm lib/btree.c
--- a/lib/btree.c~btree-catch-null-value-before-it-does-harm
+++ a/lib/btree.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ retry:
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);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joern@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
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