linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] fs: cramfs_fs.h: Fix shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 bits problem

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:15:11 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@...il.com>
Cc:     hch@...radead.org, linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "skh >> Shuah Khan" <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] fs: cramfs_fs.h: Fix shifting
 signed 32-bit value by 31 bits problem

On 6/18/19 10:08 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 05:19:47PM +0530, Puranjay Mohan wrote:
>> Fix CRAMFS_BLK_FLAG_UNCOMPRESSED to use "U" cast to avoid shifting signed
>> 32-bit value by 31 bits problem. This isn't a problem for kernel builds
>> with gcc.
>>
>> This could be problem since this header is part of public API which
>> could be included for builds using compilers that don't handle this
>> condition safely resulting in undefined behavior.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@...il.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> You should resend this and cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net> as he is
> the cramfs maintainer.
> 

Puranjay! You can add all the Reviewed-by tags when you resend the patch
with Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net> on the thread.


Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah