linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 15/25] filefrag: Fix uninitialized "expected" value

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Message-ID: <20110916225641.GR16246@thunk.org>
Date:	Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:56:41 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/25] filefrag: Fix uninitialized "expected" value

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 03:49:30PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> The "count" variable is only ever set if FIBMAP is used,
> due to the -B switch, or a fiemap failure.  However,
> we use it unconditionally to calculate "expected" for
> extN files, so we can end up printing garbage.
> 
> Initialize count to 0, and unless we go through the FIBMAP
> path, expected will be 0 as well, and in that case do not
> print the message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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