The patch titled
ext3: fix the max file size for ext3 file system
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ext3-fix-the-max-file-size-for-ext3-file-system.patch
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Subject: ext3: fix the max file size for ext3 file system
From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <[email protected]>
The max file size for ext3 file system is now calculated with hardcoded 4K
block size. The patch fixes it to be calculated with the right block size.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext3/super.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/ext3/super.c~ext3-fix-the-max-file-size-for-ext3-file-system fs/ext3/super.c
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c~ext3-fix-the-max-file-size-for-ext3-file-system
+++ a/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1436,11 +1436,31 @@ static void ext3_orphan_cleanup (struct
static loff_t ext3_max_size(int bits)
{
loff_t res = EXT3_NDIR_BLOCKS;
- /* This constant is calculated to be the largest file size for a
- * dense, 4k-blocksize file such that the total number of
+ int meta_blocks;
+ loff_t upper_limit;
+
+ /* This is calculated to be the largest file size for a
+ * dense, file such that the total number of
* sectors in the file, including data and all indirect blocks,
- * does not exceed 2^32. */
- const loff_t upper_limit = 0x1ff7fffd000LL;
+ * does not exceed 2^32 -1
+ * __u32 i_blocks representing the total number of
+ * 512 bytes blocks of the file
+ */
+ upper_limit = (1LL << 32) - 1;
+
+ /* total blocks in file system block size */
+ upper_limit >>= (bits - 9);
+
+
+ /* indirect blocks */
+ meta_blocks = 1;
+ /* double indirect blocks */
+ meta_blocks += 1 + (1LL << (bits-2));
+ /* tripple indirect blocks */
+ meta_blocks += 1 + (1LL << (bits-2)) + (1LL << (2*(bits-2)));
+
+ upper_limit -= meta_blocks;
+ upper_limit <<= bits;
res += 1LL << (bits-2);
res += 1LL << (2*(bits-2));
@@ -1448,6 +1468,10 @@ static loff_t ext3_max_size(int bits)
res <<= bits;
if (res > upper_limit)
res = upper_limit;
+
+ if (res > MAX_LFS_FILESIZE)
+ res = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
+
return res;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are
ext2-fix-the-max-file-size-for-ext2-file-system.patch
ext3-fix-the-max-file-size-for-ext3-file-system.patch
ext4-return-after-ext4_error-in-case-of-failures.patch