From 573ad107fac3c6f6ab62d77172769866d7bec4c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wojciech Malota-Wojcik <wojtek@exw.co>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 08:17:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Stop walk early if we are on mutable path

---
 space/space.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/space/space.go b/space/space.go
index 06e233c..444cbc3 100644
--- a/space/space.go
+++ b/space/space.go
@@ -923,7 +923,11 @@ func (s *Space[K, V]) walkPointers(
 	hashBuff []byte,
 	hashKeyFunc func(key *K, buff []byte, level uint8) types.KeyHash,
 ) error {
-	if v.nextDataNode != nil && types.Load(v.nextDataNode) != types.FreeAddress {
+	if v.nextDataNode != nil {
+		if types.Load(v.nextDataNode) == types.FreeAddress {
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		v.storeRequest.PointersToStore--
 		v.level--
 		v.nextDataNode = nil