Re: [PATCH v2] Corrected errno in minix_new_inode

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue Dec 02 2025 - 05:24:29 EST


On Mon 01-12-25 13:23:38, Jori Koolstra wrote:
> The cases (!j || j > sbi->s_ninodes) can never occur unless the
> filesystem is broken, so this should not return ENOSPC, but
> EFSCORRUPTED.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - added unnecessary variable assignment back in the spirit of
> defensive programming after feedback from Jan Kara:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/11/24/1278
> ---
> fs/minix/bitmap.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/minix/bitmap.c b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
> index 7da66ca184f4..abec438330a7 100644
> --- a/fs/minix/bitmap.c
> +++ b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ 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;
> --
> 2.51.2
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR