Re: [PATCH] NFS: nfsaclsvc_encode_getaclres() - Fix potential NULLderef and tiny optimization.

From: David Rientjes
Date: Tue Oct 31 2006 - 15:40:11 EST


On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:

> > > w should be an unsigned int.
> >
> > Makes sense.
>
> No, this breaks the while loop further below: with an unsigned int, the loop
> counter underflows and wraps.
>

This is not a problem with w being an unsigned int, it's a problem with
the while loop. nfsacl_size() returns unsigned int as it should and the
while loop can be written to respect that since integer division in C
truncates:

for (n = w / PAGE_SIZE; n > 0; n--)
if (!rqstp->rq_respages[rqstp->rq_resused++];
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