Re: [PATCH 3/3] vfs: return -EOVERFLOW in generic_remap_checks() when overflow check fails

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On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 07:19:28AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 08:30:22PM +0800, Julian Sun wrote:
> > Keep it consistent with the handling of the same check within
> > generic_copy_file_checks().
> > Also, returning -EOVERFLOW in this case is more appropriate.
> 
> Maybe:
> 
> Keep the errno value consistent with the equivalent check in
> generic_copy_file_checks() that returns -EOVERFLOW, which feels like the
> more appropriate value to return compared to the overly generic -EINVAL.

The manpage for clone/dedupe/exchange don't say anything about
EOVERFLOW, but they do have this to say about EINVAL:

EINVAL
The  filesystem  does  not  support  reflinking the ranges of the given
files.

Does this errno code change cause any regressions in fstests?

--D

> Otherwise looks good:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> 




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