Re: [PATCH] 0/6 Fix e2fsprogs at 16T

Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Aug 16, 2006  15:49 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> e2fsprogs still has some problems at 16T, with type overflows, 
>> arithmetic overflows, and printf format problems.  Here's my attempt to 
>> get this fixed up - with this I can mkfs, mount, do IO, and e2fsck a 16T 
>>   (2^32-1 4096 byte blocks) ext3 filesystem on sparse loopback.
>>
>> These patches are also available at:
>> http://people.redhat.com/esandeen/ext3/e2fsprogs-1.39-16T/
>>
>> groups_count_overflow	# fix overflow in calculation of groups count
>> fix_loop_wraps		# Break out of loops when counters exceed 2^32-1
>> resize_resvd_overflow	# avoid overflow on new rsvd blocks on resize
>> group_desc_loops	# fix overflows in group_desc_count loop tests
>> unused_group_blocks	# remove some unused variables found above
>> fix_formats		# fix printf formats & some associated sizes
>>
>> There may be more patches forthcoming, I've not tested as much 
>> functionality as I'd like to....
>>
>> comments/reviews/more testing would be welcomed :)
> 
> Did you compare these patches to those provided by Takashi Sato some
> months ago?

*sigh* I was not aware of those...  I'll go look.

Is there a reason they're not integrated?

Thanks,
-Eric

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