Re: [PATCH v2] fs: exfat: improve error code handling in exfat_find_empty_entry()

From: Sungjong Seo

Date: Fri Dec 05 2025 - 01:05:41 EST




On 25. 12. 5. 10:59, Haotian Zhang wrote:
> Change the type of 'ret' from unsigned int to int in
> exfat_find_empty_entry(). Although the implicit type conversion
> (int -> unsigned int -> int) does not cause actual bugs in
> practice, using int directly is more appropriate for storing
> error codes returned by exfat_alloc_cluster().
>
> This improves code clarity and consistency with standard error
> handling practices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/exfat/namei.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c
> index f5f1c4e8a29f..f2a87ecd79f9 100644
> --- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
> @@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ static int exfat_find_empty_entry(struct inode *inode,
> struct exfat_chain *p_dir, int num_entries,
> struct exfat_entry_set_cache *es)
> {
> - int dentry;
> - unsigned int ret, last_clu;
> + int dentry, ret;
> + unsigned int last_clu;

The patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> loff_t size = 0;
> struct exfat_chain clu;
> struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;