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

From: Haotian Zhang

Date: Thu Dec 04 2025 - 20:59:28 EST


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;
loff_t size = 0;
struct exfat_chain clu;
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
--
2.50.1.windows.1