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

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Date:   Sat, 20 May 2017 00:15:34 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Fix off-by-in in loop termination in
 ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff()

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 12:49:42PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> 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>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted