Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 May 2010 10:37:37 +0800 | From | Wu Fengguang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] radix-tree: fix radix_tree_prev_hole underflow case |
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On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:28:50AM +0800, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > Em 13-05-2010 23:15, Wu Fengguang escreveu: > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:05:24AM +0800, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > >> radix_tree_prev_hole() used LONG_MAX to detect underflow; however, > >> ULONG_MAX is clearly what was intended, both here and by its only user > >> (count_history_pages at mm/readahead.c). > > > > Good catch, thanks! I actually have a more smart > > radix_tree_prev_hole() that uses ULONG_MAX. > > I saw it already ([PATCH 14/16] radixtree: speed up the search for > hole), but it misses the LONG_MAX in the documentation comment.
Yes, thanks!
> > Andrew, fortunately this bug has little impact on readahead. > > I agree, if I read it correctly it should only have any impact either > when very near LONG_MAX or in the unlikely case that there is no hole at > ULONG_MAX. And even then, the impact should be limited.
Right.
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