From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC V3] ext4: limit block allocations for
	indirect-block files to < 2^32
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:53:27 -0400
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:02:15AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Today, the ext4 allocator will happily allocate blocks past
> 232 for indirect-block files, which results in the block
> numbers getting truncated, and corruption ensues.

Everywhere where you say 232, you mean 2^32, right?

	   	     	      	       	     - Ted