linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] libext2fs: fix block-mapped file punch

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:28:04 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] libext2fs: fix block-mapped file punch

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 01:13:18AM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> If ext2fs_punch() was called with "end = ~0ULL" to indicate truncate
> to the end of file it tried to compute "count" for ext2fs_punch_ind()
> based on "start" and "end", but incorrectly passed "count = ~0U" even
> when "start" was non-zero, causing an overflow in some cases.
> 
> The calling convention for ext2fs_punch_ind() was also gratuitously
> different from ext2fs_punch() and ext2fs_punch_extent(), passing
> "count" instead of "end" as the last parameter.  Fix this by passing
> it "end" like the other functions, and handle "count" internally.
> 
> Add checks to ext2fs_punch_ind() if "end" is at or beyond the 2^32
> indirect block limit so the 32-bit internal variables don't overflow.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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