linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: ext4_mb_mark_free_simple: Fix integer value truncation

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Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2016 13:32:33 -0600
From:   Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:     Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu, jack@...e.cz,
        aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: ext4_mb_mark_free_simple: Fix integer value truncation

On Nov 3, 2016, at 3:14 AM, Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> 'border' variable is set to a value of 2 times the block size of the
> underlying filesystem. With 64k block size, the resulting value won't
> fit into a 16-bit variable. Hence this commit changes the data type of
> 'border' to 'unsigned int'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>

> ---
> fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> index f418f55..a937ac7 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_mark_free_simple(struct super_block *sb,
> 	ext4_grpblk_t min;
> 	ext4_grpblk_t max;
> 	ext4_grpblk_t chunk;
> -	unsigned short border;
> +	unsigned int border;
> 
> 	BUG_ON(len > EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb));
> 
> --
> 2.5.5
> 
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Cheers, Andreas






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