Re: [PATCH v4.4-rc8] jffs2: xattr: Silence frame size warning

[David Woodhouse]

On Thu, 2016-01-07 at 12:11 -0700, tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> fs/jffs2/xattr.c: In function 'jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem':
> fs/jffs2/xattr.c:887:1: warning: the frame size of 1128 bytes is
> larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
> Â}

At first glance, that looks like it's just bypassing the entire
contents of that function if the allocation fails, leaving the various
data structures in an inconsistent state and raw node refs unchecked,
which will lead to lots of issues later once the mount has completed
and GC can never get unstuck.

So at the very least, your commit message is lacking the explanation of
what the implications are, and *why* you have satisfied yourself that
it's actually OK.

At worst, the patch is entirely broken.

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David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx                              Intel Corporation

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