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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] vfs: make get_sb_pseudo set s_maxbytes to value that can be cast to signed
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 02:57:38PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> This patch is a counterpart to the CIFS patch posted yesterday. I
> believe either patch will fix the problem seen in do_sendfile since the
> smaller s_maxbytes value for the two superblocks is used there.

This refers to the 'yesterday' 2-3 weeks ago, no? :-)

> get_sb_pseudo sets s_maxbytes to ~0ULL, which becomes negative when cast
> to a signed value. Fix it to use MAX_LFS_FILESIZE which casts properly
> to a positive signed value.

I think the proper term is 'converted' in this case, not 'cast'. Even
without casts it gets converted by arithmetic operands.

> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>

> ---
> fs/libfs.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
> index ddfa899..dcec3d3 100644
> --- a/fs/libfs.c
> +++ b/fs/libfs.c
> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int get_sb_pseudo(struct file_system_type *fs_type, char *name,
> return PTR_ERR(s);
>
> s->s_flags = MS_NOUSER;
> - s->s_maxbytes = ~0ULL;
> + s->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
> s->s_blocksize = PAGE_SIZE;
> s->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_SHIFT;
> s->s_magic = magic;
> --
> 1.6.0.6


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