linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Check extent overflow with the right range.

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Message-ID: <20111018150745.GA17025@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:07:45 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Check extent overflow with the right range.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:27:32AM +0800, Tao Ma wrote:
> We have met with some corruption, but not sure whether it is related to
> this or not. To be honest, we went through the code and find that this
> may be a possible cause. So if you think it could never happen, we are
> OK to drop this patch.

I have no problem adding sanity checks; it makes for more robust code.
I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a real bug hiding somewhere
that wasn't getting addressed.

Thanks,

					- Ted
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