linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 08/11] ext4: Replace bogus assertion in ext4_xattr_shift

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Message-ID: <20160811173346.GH10626@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:33:46 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/11] ext4: Replace bogus assertion in
 ext4_xattr_shift_entries()

On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 12:39:52PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> We were checking whether computed offsets do not exceed end of block in
> ext4_xattr_shift_entries(). However this does not make sense since we
> always only decrease offsets. So replace that assertion with a check
> whether we really decrease xattrs value offsets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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