linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext2fs: Fix error checking in dx

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Date:   Thu, 9 Apr 2020 23:52:35 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext2fs: Fix error checking in dx_link()

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:09:31AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> dx_lookup() uses errcode_t return values. As such anything non-zero is
> an error, not values less than zero. Fix the error checking to avoid
> crashes on corrupted filesystems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted