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SubjectRe: [PATCH] exec: remove comparision of variable i_size of type loff_t against SIZE_MAX
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On 2020-02-27 3:40 p.m., Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 03:31:33PM -0800, Scott Branden wrote:
>> Remove comparision of (i_size > SIZE_MAX).
>> i_size is of type loff_t and can not be great than SIZE_MAX (~(size_t)0).
> include/linux/types.h:46:typedef __kernel_loff_t loff_t;
> include/uapi/asm-generic/posix_types.h:88:typedef long long __kernel_loff_t;
>
> And boxen with size_t smaller than long long do exist. Anything
> 32bit will qualify. Pick any such and check that yourself...
Thanks for the immediate responses.  I'm glad I sent this patch out to
understand the check is as such.
Is there some attribute we can add so such issues are not reported
against static analysis tools such as coverity?

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