In some cases we can reach ext4_da_writepages with wbc->nr_to_write == LONG_MAX, !range_cyclic, and range_whole=1; in this case we will try to bump it up by a factor of 8, which leads to a nr_to_write value of -8. I think we still get through the logic without changing wbc->nr_to_write because the other tests which would change it don't trip, but it seems dangerous to overflow desired_nr_to_write in the interim, it's not obvious. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 93497f6..2e72a4a 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -3004,9 +3004,11 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, * sbi->max_writeback_mb_bump whichever is smaller. */ max_pages = sbi->s_max_writeback_mb_bump << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT); - if (!range_cyclic && range_whole) - desired_nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write * 8; - else + if (!range_cyclic && range_whole) { + desired_nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write; + if (desired_nr_to_write != LONG_MAX) + desired_nr_to_write *= 8; + } else desired_nr_to_write = ext4_num_dirty_pages(inode, index, max_pages); if (desired_nr_to_write > max_pages) -- 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