linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ext4: always check ext4_ext_find

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Message-ID: <20140413220601.GE8122@thunk.org>
Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:06:01 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ext4: always check ext4_ext_find_extent result

On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 07:36:00PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> Where are some places where logic guaranties us that extent we are
> searching exits, but this may not be true due to on-disk data
> corruption. If such corruption happens we must prevent possible
> null pointer dereferences.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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