Recent changes mean sb_min_blocksize() can now fail
From: Phillip Lougher
Date: Tue Apr 08 2025 - 01:43:02 EST
Hi,
A recent (post 6.14) change to the kernel means sb_min_blocksize() can now fail,
and any filesystem which doesn't check the result may behave unexpectedly as a
result. This change has recently affected Squashfs, and checking the kernel code,
a number of other filesystems including isofs, gfs2, exfat, fat and xfs do not
check the result. This is a courtesy email to warn others of this change.
The following emails give the relevant details.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/2a13ea1c-08df-4807-83d4-241831b7a2ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/129d4f39-6922-44e9-8b1c-6455ee564dda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Regards
Phillip