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Message-ID: <20070419181221.59c3c7bd@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:12:21 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
Cc:	Marat Buharov <marat.buharov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why UDF have so ugly filesize limit?

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:56:27 -0400
Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com> wrote:

> Marat Buharov wrote:
> > from fs/udf/super.c:
> > in function udf_fill_super
> > sb->s_maxbytes = 1<<30; (1 GB)
> > 
> > Why sb->s_maxbytes is not equal to MAX_LFS_FILESIZE?
> > 
> 
> Patches to fix that are in the -mm kernel already (and in
> Fedora Core 6 latest update.)

Good to know, presumably these also fix the underlying UDF problems in the
UDF filesystem code that caused it to be put there in the first pace ?

(Security CVE-2006-4145)

Alan
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