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

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From: Tetsuo Handa

Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 07:18:43 EST

On 2025/10/30 19:59, Jan Kara wrote:
> The patch looks ok to me but since minix filesystem driver is in the kernel
> mostly to allow mounting ancient unix filesystems I don't quite understand
> the motivation for adding the new mount options. Why not just fixup
> minix_rmdir() to better handle corrupted filesystems?
I guess that a filesystem which is not needed from boot time can be
implemented in userspace. Can't we migrate legacy filesystems to
fuse-based userspace implementations?