Re: [PATCH] libext2fs: ensure validate_entry doesn't read beyond blocksize

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On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:04:32AM -0700, number9652 wrote:
> 
> ext2fs_validate_entry would read beyond the end of the block to get dirent->rec_len for certain arguments (like if blocksize == final_offset).  This patch adds a check so that doesn't happen, and changes the types of the arguments to avoid a compiler warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nic Case <number9652@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.  In the future, please line-wrap the body of the commit
message at 72-75 characters.

I also lined up the arguments to ext2fs_validate_entry on the
continuation line, and used a CPP macro instead of an automatic
variable for dirent_min_length.

					- Ted
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