linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Ext4: remove a useless check for the function ext4_data_block

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Date:	Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:46:29 -0800
From:	Wang Shilong <wangshilong1991@...il.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ext4: remove a useless check for the function ext4_data_block_valid

> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 02:57:59PM -0800, Wang Shilong wrote:
>> From: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
>>
>> Because it is no doubt 'start_blk + count < start_blk' always comes to
>> false. It is useless to have this check,remove it.
> Actually, it can be true --- if start_blk + count (which are both
> unsigned integers) overflows....
    Yeah,you are right....
    I am sorry,I miss the overflow condition...
> 					- Ted
>

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