Re: [PATCH] mm: change prev_offset type to unsigned long

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 05:06:37PM +0200, Bean Huo wrote:
> From: Bean Huo <beanhuo@xxxxxxxxxx>

There's no description.  Please explain why this patch is needed.

> Signed-off-by: Bean Huo <beanhuo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/filemap.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index cf4bdf7803b6..d736c7a4b826 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
>  	pgoff_t last_index;
>  	pgoff_t prev_index;
>  	unsigned long offset;      /* offset into pagecache page */
> -	unsigned int prev_offset;
> +	unsigned long prev_offset;
>  	int error = 0;
>  
>  	if (unlikely(*ppos >= inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes))
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
>