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ext4: Prevent creation of files larger than RLIMIT_FSIZE using fallocate
authorNikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Sun, 16 May 2010 18:00:00 +0000 (14:00 -0400)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Sun, 16 May 2010 18:00:00 +0000 (14:00 -0400)
commit6d19c42b7cf81c39632b6d4dbc514e8449bcd346
treef390fca28758e63c8be0530a2c8656ff27f5320btree | snapshot
parentfbe845ddf368f77f86aa7500f8fd2690f54c66a8commit | diff
ext4: Prevent creation of files larger than RLIMIT_FSIZE using fallocate

Currently using posix_fallocate one can bypass an RLIMIT_FSIZE limit
and create a file larger than the limit. Add a check for that.

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/extents.c diff | blob | history
Full containers within linux kernel