linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eCryptfs: infinite loop bug

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:43:06 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>
Cc:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, Li Wang <liwang@...t.edu.cn>,
	ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eCryptfs: infinite loop bug

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> mm/filemap.c uses unsigned long for variables used to identify an offset
> into a single page. That's what I'm tempted to use for offset_in_page,
> rather than loff_t.

Indeed. The offset within a page will fit fine even in an "unsigned
int", and "loff_t" is crazy overkill - and usually generates horrible
code on 32-bit architectures.

                      Linus
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