linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH, v2] ext3: ensure link targets are NULL-terminated

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Message-ID: <e9e943910812120219k54e46330hc82add29a7fda455@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:19:20 +0000
From:	"Duane Griffin" <duaneg@...da.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Boaz Harrosh" <bharrosh@...asas.com>, sct@...hat.com,
	adilger@....com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, v2] ext3: ensure link targets are NULL-terminated

2008/12/12 Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>:
> 2008/12/12 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>:
>> Really?  The ext2 on-disk format requires that the fast symlink be
>> null-terminated on disk?  Even though the length is already in i_size?
>>
>> It seems that's true.  How un-ext2-like.
>>
>> ext2 and ext4 need the same fix, yes?
>
> Yes. I've sent them out already, but thanks to a monumental cock-up
> with the CCs they may not have made it to the list. I'll check and
> resend to real addresses if necessary.

Seems they did make it:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122903437006575&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122903451306859&w=2

Cheers,
Duane.

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