Re: [patch] minix: bug widening a binary "not" operation

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On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:51:49 +0300 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "chunk_size" is an unsigned int and "pos" is an unsigned long.  The
> "& ~(chunk_size-1)" operation clears the high 32 bits unintentionally.
> 
> The ALIGN() macro does the correct thing.
> 
> ...
>
> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int minix_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
>  	char *name;
>  	__u32 inumber;
>  
> -	pos = (pos + chunk_size-1) & ~(chunk_size-1);
> +	pos = ALIGN(pos, chunk_size);
>  	if (pos >= inode->i_size)
>  		goto done;
>  

I'm suspecting there aren't many minix filesystems out there with a >4G
directory ;)

But we should fix it to set a good example, and to quieten
whatever-tool-i-suspect-you-were-using(?).
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