linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] omfs: fix potential oops when directory size is corrupted

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Message-ID: <20080815113551.GA32649@hash.localnet>
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:35:51 -0400
From:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	snakebyte@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] omfs: fix potential oops when directory size is corrupted

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:19:56AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> We don't need to use i_size_write() on this code path, but we do in other
> places.  There's also i_size_read().  I wonder if omfs gets it right
> everywhere..

Good point, probably not.  I'll audit for this...

-- 
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com

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