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Diffstat (limited to 'trie/database.go')
-rw-r--r-- | trie/database.go | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/trie/database.go b/trie/database.go index 7df45fe2d..d0691b637 100644 --- a/trie/database.go +++ b/trie/database.go @@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ func (db *Database) reference(child common.Hash, parent common.Hash) { // Dereference removes an existing reference from a root node. func (db *Database) Dereference(root common.Hash) { + // Sanity check to ensure that the meta-root is not removed + if root == (common.Hash{}) { + log.Error("Attempted to dereference the trie cache meta root") + return + } db.lock.Lock() defer db.lock.Unlock() |