linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs fixes

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxK8+Fm3gbTyxnpy_AWJKtoJdOPsYV9-vbnOTchO=DKAw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:01:00 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs fixes

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> It's easier to skip checking the overflow on prepend() of "\0" in the
> beginning of the whole thing and just let the next operation to fail.
> That's where the corner case comes from.

Ok, I'll buy the first four commits. Let's wait for Sedat's report on the rest.

                  Linus
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