Re: [PATCH] Add error handling to minix filesystem similar to ext4

[Shuah Khan]

On 10/30/25 07:31, Jori Koolstra wrote:
> > Not necessarily.
> >
> > I'm not sure if your internship covers this, but you could start a
> > project to build a minixfs FUSE fs (if one doesn't already exist). If
> > you get it working and stable, you can then submit patches to deprecate
> > and remove it from the kernel.
>
>
> I would have to ask Shuah but am open to it. But a quick search turns up
> this: https://github.com/redcap97/fuse-mfs . I would have to see if it
> actually works and it does not seem to support v1, v2 of minix fs either.
> There might also be a licensing issue.

No objections from me. I was expecting we might end up here based on
initial reactions to syzbot fix. Since you are interested in fs, this
work you did for this patch is a good learning opportunity which will
stay with you.

thanks,
-- Shuah