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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext4/super.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext4/super.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index cc5c157aa11d..9ea71aa864b3 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -2243,6 +2243,12 @@ static void ext4_orphan_cleanup(struct super_block *sb, * in the vfs. ext4 inode has 48 bits of i_block in fsblock units, * so that won't be a limiting factor. * + * However there is other limiting factor. We do store extents in the form + * of starting block and length, hence the resulting length of the extent + * covering maximum file size must fit into on-disk format containers as + * well. Given that length is always by 1 unit bigger than max unit (because + * we count 0 as well) we have to lower the s_maxbytes by one fs block. + * * Note, this does *not* consider any metadata overhead for vfs i_blocks. */ static loff_t ext4_max_size(int blkbits, int has_huge_files) @@ -2264,10 +2270,13 @@ static loff_t ext4_max_size(int blkbits, int has_huge_files) upper_limit <<= blkbits; } - /* 32-bit extent-start container, ee_block */ - res = 1LL << 32; + /* + * 32-bit extent-start container, ee_block. We lower the maxbytes + * by one fs block, so ee_len can cover the extent of maximum file + * size + */ + res = (1LL << 32) - 1; res <<= blkbits; - res -= 1; /* Sanity check against vm- & vfs- imposed limits */ if (res > upper_limit) |