kernel_optimize_test/fs/ext4
Mingming Cao dd54567a83 "ext4_ext_put_in_cache" uses __u32 to receive physical block number
Yan Zheng wrote:

> I think I found a bug in ext4/extents.c, "ext4_ext_put_in_cache" uses
> "__u32" to receive physical block number.  "ext4_ext_put_in_cache" is
> used in "ext4_ext_get_blocks", it sets ext4 inode's extent cache
> according most recently tree lookup (higher 16 bits of saved physical
> block number are always zero). when serving a mapping request,
> "ext4_ext_get_blocks" first check whether the logical block is in
> inode's extent cache. if the logical block is in the cache and the
> cached region isn't a gap, "ext4_ext_get_blocks" gets physical block
> number by using cached region's physical block number and offset in
> the cached region.  as described above, "ext4_ext_get_blocks" may
> return wrong result when there are physical block numbers bigger than
> 0xffffffff.
>

You are right.  Thanks for reporting this!

Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Yan Zheng <yanzheng@21cn.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-31 15:39:37 -07:00
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acl.c
acl.h
balloc.c
bitmap.c
dir.c
ext4_jbd2.c
extents.c
file.c
fsync.c
hash.c
ialloc.c
inode.c
ioctl.c
Makefile
namei.c
namei.h
resize.c
super.c
symlink.c
xattr_security.c
xattr_trusted.c
xattr_user.c
xattr.c
xattr.h