Re: Recent changes mean sb_min_blocksize() can now fail

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue Apr 08 2025 - 06:46:22 EST


Hi!

On Tue 08-04-25 06:33:53, Phillip Lougher wrote:
> 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/

Indeed. Thanks for the heads up!

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR