linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix minixfs size check

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 00:33:52 +0200
From:	Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko 
	<phcoder@...il.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix minixfs size check

On 15.05.2012 00:19, Jan Kara wrote:

> On Sun 13-05-12 15:48:55, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>> minixfs file size check is buggy and it doesn't allow creating a block which
>> can't be fully filled
>   Umm, I'm not really minix expert but who'd set s_max_size to something
> which is not a multiple of block size? This looks rather artifical problem
> to me...
> 

The usual and natural limit comes from interpreting 32-bit size field as
signed or unsigned. So it's either 2G - 1 or 4G - 1. Neither of which is
a multiple of block size.
-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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