linux-kernel - Re: 32-bit bug in iovec iterator changes

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Date:	Sun, 22 Jun 2014 07:50:07 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 32-bit bug in iovec iterator changes

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 02:00:32AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 
> PS: I agree that it's worth careful commenting, obviously, but
> before sending it to Linus (*with* comments) I want to get a
> confirmation that this one-liner actually fixes what Ted is seeing.
> I have reproduced it here, and that change makes the breakage go
> away in my testing, but I'd like to make sure that we are seeing the
> same thing.  Ted?

Hep, that fixes things.  Thanks for explaining what was going on!

     	  		 	    	       - Ted
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