Re: Ext2 patches

Joseph Malicki (jmalicki@geocities.com)
Sat, 04 Apr 1998 12:08:32 -0500


Chip Salzenberg wrote:

> According to tytso@mit.edu:
> > I submitted to you ext2 patches just before 2.1.90, and I
> > assumed that you did't get to them before 2.1.91 was released. So I
> > shipped you new ext2 patches right after 2.1.91, and was very disturbed
> > to find that 2.1.92 was released without the patches.
>
> But you still haven't made the necessary changes for the code to be
> correct on the i386. A "long" expression, shifted right 32 bits,
> has no defined value. The patch you gave introduced a couple such
> shifts.
> --
> Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@pobox.com>
> "I brought the atom bomb. I think it's a good time to use it." //MST3K

A long expression >> 32 does have a defined value on the i386...... 0.Joe
Malicki

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