Re: [PATCH, v2] ext3: ensure link targets are NULL-terminated

From: Duane Griffin
Date: Fri Dec 12 2008 - 04:40:58 EST


2008/12/12 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Really? The ext2 on-disk format requires that the fast symlink be
> null-terminated on disk? Even though the length is already in i_size?
>
> It seems that's true. How un-ext2-like.
>
> ext2 and ext4 need the same fix, yes?

Yes. I've sent them out already, but thanks to a monumental cock-up
with the CCs they may not have made it to the list. I'll check and
resend to real addresses if necessary.

Cheers,
Duane.

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