Re: [PATCH 2/3] minix: Add required sanity checking to minix_check_superblock()
From: Jori Koolstra
Date: Sun Dec 07 2025 - 13:36:52 EST
Hi Jan,
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
> > index 7897f5123b3d..8eb26ff91adf 100644
> > --- a/fs/minix/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
> > @@ -171,7 +171,14 @@ static bool minix_check_superblock(struct super_block *sb)
> > {
> > struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(sb);
> >
> > - if (sbi->s_imap_blocks == 0 || sbi->s_zmap_blocks == 0)
> > + if (sbi->s_log_zone_size != 0) {
> > + printk("minix-fs error: zone size must equal block size. "
> > + "s_log_zone_size > 0 is not supported.\n");
> > + return false;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (sbi->s_ninodes < 1 || sbi->s_firstdatazone <= 4 ||
> > + sbi->s_firstdatazone >= sbi->s_nzones)
> > return false;
>
> OK, but why did you remove the s_imap_blocks and s_zmap_blocks checks?
>
I replied to this a while ago that this already happens later in
minix_fill_superblock:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.18-rc7/source/fs/minix/inode.c#L280
Maybe you missed it. Let me know if this answers your question when you
have time.
Thanks,
Jori.