5a5ec83d6a
Commit 4d207133e9c3 changed the types of the statistic values in struct
gfs2_lkstats from s64 to u64. Because of that, what should be a signed
value in gfs2_update_stats turned into an unsigned value. When shifted
right, we end up with a large positive value instead of a small negative
value, which results in an incorrect variance estimate.
Fixes: 4d207133e9c3 ("gfs2: Make statistics unsigned, suitable for use with do_div()")
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.4+
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.