linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/4] lib/string_helpers: change blk_size to u32 for string_get

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Message-Id: <1446136250-11507-2-git-send-email-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:30:47 +0100
From:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	James Bottomley <JBottomley@...n.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] lib/string_helpers: change blk_size to u32 for string_get_size() interface

string_get_size() can't really handle huge block sizes, especially
blk_size > U32_MAX but string_get_size() interface states the opposite.
Change blk_size from u64 to u32 to reflect the reality.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/string_helpers.h | 2 +-
 lib/string_helpers.c           | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/string_helpers.h b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
index dabe643..1223e80 100644
--- a/include/linux/string_helpers.h
+++ b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ enum string_size_units {
 	STRING_UNITS_2,		/* use binary powers of 2^10 */
 };
 
-void string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, enum string_size_units units,
+void string_get_size(u64 size, u32 blk_size, enum string_size_units units,
 		     char *buf, int len);
 
 #define UNESCAPE_SPACE		0x01
diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 5939f63..f6c27dc 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * at least 9 bytes and will always be zero terminated.
  *
  */
-void string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, const enum string_size_units units,
+void string_get_size(u64 size, u32 blk_size, const enum string_size_units units,
 		     char *buf, int len)
 {
 	static const char *const units_10[] = {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, const enum string_size_units units,
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	exp = divisor[units] / (u32)blk_size;
+	exp = divisor[units] / blk_size;
 	/*
 	 * size must be strictly greater than exp here to ensure that remainder
 	 * is greater than divisor[units] coming out of the if below.
-- 
2.4.3

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