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Message-ID: <aBGW4TsUM5yOCf_8@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:20:01 +0100
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...weicloud.com>
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.cz, wanghaichi0403@...il.com,
	yi.zhang@...wei.com, libaokun1@...wei.com, yukuai3@...wei.com,
	yangerkun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext4: ensure i_size is smaller than maxbytes

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 09:13:01AM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
> 
> The inode i_size cannot be larger than maxbytes, check it while loading
> inode from the disk.

With this patch, why do we need patch 1?