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Re: [PATCH] fs/xfs: Handle non-continuous data blocks in directory exten
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Jon DeVree |
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Re: [PATCH] fs/xfs: Handle non-continuous data blocks in directory extents |
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Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:39:42 -0500 |
On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 20:33:13 +0300, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> Is the pointer guaranteed to be aligned? If not you have to use unaligned
> access.
I don't know what alignment guarantees grub_malloc() makes. As long as
they are close to what the regular C malloc() guarantees then it should
be fine.
> Any reason not to check it against correct magic and not just
> zero-out?
I found at least 4 different magic numbers in the XFS documentation and
I wasn't sure if there were any more.
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Jon
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