Re: [PATCH] overlayfs: Pass O_LARGEFILE unconditionally in ovl_copy_up_data()

From	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] overlayfs: Pass O_LARGEFILE unconditionally in ovl_copy_up_data()
Date	2015-10-12 17:30 +0200
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On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:18 PM, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> Pass O_LARGEFILE unconditionally in ovl_copy_up_data() as it's purely for
> catching 32-bit userspace dealing with a file large enough that it'll be
> mishandled if the application isn't aware that there might be an integer
> overflow.  Inside the kernel, there shouldn't be any problems.

Folded into original patch with changelog added.

Thanks,
Miklos
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Re: [PATCH] overlayfs: Pass O_LARGEFILE unconditionally in ovl_copy_up_data() Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> - 2015-10-12 17:30 +0200

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