Re: [PATCH next] fuse: Fix 'min: signedness error' in fuse_wr_pages()
From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Mon Feb 02 2026 - 20:06:09 EST
On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 07:22:43PM +0000, david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> On 32bit systems 'pos' is s64 and everything else is 32bit so the
> first argument to min() is signed - generating a warning.
> On 64bit systems 'len' is 64bit unsigned forcing everything to unsigned.
>
> Fix by reworking the exprssion to completely avoid 64bit maths on 32bit.
> Use DIV_ROUND_UP() instead of open-coding something equivalent.
>
> Note that the 32bit 'len' cannot overflow because the syscall interface
> limits read/write (etc) to (INT_MAX - PAGE_SIZE) bytes (even on 64bit).
>
> Fixes: 0f5bb0cfb0b4 ("fs: use min() or umin() instead of min_t()")
Christian, you took 0f5bb0cfb0b4 in vfs-7.0.misc, could you please apply
this fix? Building this file for 32-bit has been broken for the majority
of the -next cycle (I applied an earlier fix David provided and forgot
to chase it until now).
> Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/fuse/file.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
> index 2595b6b4922b..ff823b0545ed 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/file.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
> @@ -1323,8 +1323,8 @@ static ssize_t fuse_fill_write_pages(struct fuse_io_args *ia,
> static inline unsigned int fuse_wr_pages(loff_t pos, size_t len,
> unsigned int max_pages)
> {
> - return min(((pos + len - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT) - (pos >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1,
> - max_pages);
> + len += pos % PAGE_SIZE;
> + return min(DIV_ROUND_UP(len, PAGE_SIZE), max_pages);
> }
>
> static ssize_t fuse_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *ii)
> --
> 2.39.5
>