For two unsigned values the check "block+count < block" is always false. Thus the below patch removes that condition. ============================================================= Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> --- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c 2008-05-11 23:54:40.000000000 +0530 +++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c 2008-06-01 00:03:44.000000000 +0530 @@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ unsigned freed = 0, group_freed; if (block < le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) || - block + count < block || block + count > le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count)) { ext2_error (sb, "ext2_free_blocks", "Freeing blocks not in datazone - " ============================================================= -- Thanks & Regards, ******************************************** Manish Katiyar ( http://mkatiyar.googlepages.com ) 3rd Floor, Fair Winds Block EGL Software Park Off Intermediate Ring Road Bangalore 560071, India *********************************************** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html