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On Mon, 29 May 2023, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> The oops happens in set_btree_iter_dontneed and it is caused by the fact
> that iter->path is NULL. The code in try_alloc_bucket is buggy because it
> sets "struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };" and then jumps to the "err"
> label that tries to dereference values in "iter".
Here I'm sending a patch for it.
From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
The function try_alloc_bucket sets the variable "iter" to NULL and then
(on various error conditions) jumps to the label "err". On the "err"
label, it calls "set_btree_iter_dontneed" that tries to dereference
"iter->trans" and "iter->path".
So, we get an oops on error condition.
This patch fixes the crash by testing that iter.trans and iter.path is
non-zero before calling set_btree_iter_dontneed.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
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