linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Do not allow setting of quota limits to too high values

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.00.0803181740300.8851@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:40:53 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not allow setting of quota limits to too high
 values


On Mar 17 2008 14:11, Jan Kara wrote:
>>
>> For 2.6.26, I assume?  I am not able to determine the seriousness of this
>> problem from the changelog nor from the patch itself.
>
>  Not really serious. Nobody complained so far (i.e., for the time quota
> exists) and the limits will just wrap when you try to set them over 4TB
> now. So the patch can wait...

So does quota_v2.c even handle quotas > 4 TB?
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