linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 04/54] libext2fs: initialize i_extra

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:02:12 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/54] libext2fs: initialize i_extra_isize when writing
 EAs

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:35:59PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> If i_extra_isize is zero when we try to write extended attributes,
> we'll end up writing the EA magic into the i_extra_isize field, which
> causes a subsequent crash on big endian systems (when we try to write
> 0xEA02 bytes past the inode!).  Therefore when the field is zero, set
> i_extra_isize to the desired extra_isize size, zero those bytes, and
> write the EAs after the end of the extended inode.
> 
> v2: Don't bother if we have 128b inodes, and ensure that the value
> is 32b-aligned so that the EA magic starts on a 32b boundary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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