[PATCH v2] Typecasting required for comparing unlike datatypes

[Harsh Prateek Bora]

The existing code causes the if condition to pass when it should fail
on a *64-bit kernel* because of implicit data type conversions. It can
be observed by passing pos = -1 and count = some positive number.
This results in function returning EOVERFLOW instead of EINVAL.

With this patch, the function returns EINVAL when pos is -1 and count
is a positive number. This can be tested by calling sendfile with
offset = -1 and count = some positive number on a 64-bit kernel.

Signed-off-by: Harsh Prateek Bora <harsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 fs/read_write.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 431a0ed..a8eabd4 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ __negative_fpos_check(struct file *file, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 	 * pos or pos+count is negative here, check overflow.
 	 * too big "count" will be caught in rw_verify_area().
 	 */
-	if ((pos < 0) && (pos + count < pos))
+	if ((pos < 0) && ( (loff_t) (pos + count) < pos))
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET)
 		return 0;
-- 
1.7.1.1

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