From 8b57935b428a4505e86f0782de5c7f3b8bf7ced1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Bower <37089506+pbower@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:39:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refine null mask length check handling

---
 src/utils.rs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 7020384..02b4042 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ use crate::{
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn validate_null_mask_len(data_len: usize, null_mask: &Option<Bitmask>) {
     if let Some(mask) = null_mask {
+        #[cfg(feature = "lbuffer")]
+        if mask.is_lbuffer_backed() {
+            return;
+        }
         assert_eq!(
             mask.len(),
             data_len,