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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: adjust max read count in generic_file_buffered_read()
On Fri 20-07-18 16:14:29, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:58:12 +0200 Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> > On Thu 19-07-18 16:17:26, Chengguang Xu wrote:
> > > When we try to truncate read count in generic_file_buffered_read(),
> > > should deliver (sb->s_maxbytes - offset) as maximum count not
> > > sb->s_maxbytes itself.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@gmx.com>
> >
> > Looks good to me. You can add:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
>
> Yup.
>
> What are the runtime effects of this bug?

Good question. I think ->readpage() could be called for index beyond
maximum file size supported by the filesystem leading to weird filesystem
behavior due to overflows in internal calculations.

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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