linux-ext4 - [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Fix off-by-in in loop termination in ext4_find_unwritten

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 12:49:42 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Fix off-by-in in loop termination in ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff()

There is an off-by-one error in loop termination conditions in
ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff() since 'end' may index a page beyond end of
desired range if 'endoff' is page aligned. It doesn't have any visible
effects but still it is good to fix it.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 fs/ext4/file.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index bbea2dccd584..2b00bf84c05b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
 	endoff = (loff_t)end_blk << blkbits;
 
 	index = startoff >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	end = endoff >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	end = (endoff - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
 	do {
-- 
2.12.0