Re: [PATCH] minix: fix add link - wrong position calculation

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Dec 30 2008 - 18:33:25 EST


On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:25:50 +0300
Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch fixes add link method.
> Position in directory was calculated in wrong way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/minix/dir.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
> index f704338..4b603b7 100644
> --- a/fs/minix/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int minix_add_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> got_it:
> - pos = (page->index >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + p - (char*)page_address(page);
> + pos = page_offset(page) + p - (char*)page_address(page);
> err = __minix_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, sbi->s_dirsize,
> AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
> if (err)

Well that's cute. Seems that we broke it over a year ago:

commit 4a66af9eaa9531372cfcb9e20103ed147c729ff9
Author: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Oct 16 01:25:21 2007 -0700
Commit: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Oct 16 09:42:57 2007 -0700

minixfs: convert to new aops

Is minixfs getting THAT little use, or is this bustage more subtle
than it appears?
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