[PATCH 1/3] Corrected errno in minix_new_inode

From: Jori Koolstra
Date: Mon Nov 17 2025 - 17:08:44 EST


The cases (!j || j > sbi->s_ninodes) can never occur unless the
filesystem is broken, so this should not return ENOSPC, but
EFSCORRUPTED.

I also removed a redundant assignment: sbi->s_imap_blocks can never be
0, so j is always immediately overwritten.

Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/minix/bitmap.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/minix/bitmap.c b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
index 7da66ca184f4..9d9c2819b22b 100644
--- a/fs/minix/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ struct inode *minix_new_inode(const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)

if (!inode)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- j = bits_per_zone;
bh = NULL;
spin_lock(&bitmap_lock);
for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_imap_blocks; i++) {
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ struct inode *minix_new_inode(const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
j += i * bits_per_zone;
if (!j || j > sbi->s_ninodes) {
iput(inode);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
}
inode_init_owner(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, dir, mode);
inode->i_ino = j;

base-commit: 0d534518ce87317e884dbd1485111b0f1606a194
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2.51.2