linux-ext4 - Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/3] ext3/ext4: Factor out disk addressability check

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Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:21:15 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Patrick J. LoPresti" 
	<lopresti@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/3] ext3/ext4: Factor out disk
 addressability check

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:36:36PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Er, yeah.  I had 32 bits in my head since that's the case we're
> checking for... whoops.
> 
> So I guess your
> 
>  	    ... ||
> 	    ((last_fs_block >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - blocksize_bits)) >
> 	     (pgoff_t)(!0ULL))) {
> 
> is right :)  (my feeble brain has a hard time reading that, though, TBH)

	Well, note the bug in my quickly typed version: "(!0ULL)" vs
"(~0ULL)".  How about:

	u64 last_fs_page = last_fs_block >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - blocksize_bits);

	... ||
	(last_fs_page > (pgoff_t)(~0ULL))) {

Is that more readable?

Joel

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