linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: simple

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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:00:48 -0400
From:	roel kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: simple_strtol returns signed.

simple_strtol returns signed, but a negative return values is lost when stored
in an unsigned. As suggested use simple_strtoul() instead. 

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
Since p is dereferenced with the unsigned long return of simple_strtoul, I think
p should be a pointer to an unsigned long, am I wrong?

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9b2b2bc..0ab6cb4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3514,18 +3514,15 @@ static int ext4_ui_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t ext4_ui_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			       size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int *p = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	unsigned long *p = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
 	char str[32];
-	unsigned long value;
 
 	if (cnt >= sizeof(str))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (copy_from_user(str, buf, cnt))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	value = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
-	if (value < 0)
-		return -ERANGE;
-	*p = value;
+
+	*p = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
 	return cnt;
 }
 
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