linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add error handling to minix filesystem similar to ext4

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Message-ID: <67f93be1-b5f3-4945-8701-8e86d61bafca@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:38:07 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@...all.nl>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
 Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Khalid Aziz <khalid@...nel.org>,
 Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
 Taotao Chen <chentaotao@...iglobal.com>, NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 syzbot+4e49728ec1cbaf3b91d2@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add error handling to minix filesystem similar to ext4

On 10/30/25 07:31, Jori Koolstra wrote:
>> Not necessarily.
>>
>> I'm not sure if your internship covers this, but you could start a
>> project to build a minixfs FUSE fs (if one doesn't already exist). If
>> you get it working and stable, you can then submit patches to deprecate
>> and remove it from the kernel.
> 
> 
> I would have to ask Shuah but am open to it. But a quick search turns up
> this: https://github.com/redcap97/fuse-mfs . I would have to see if it
> actually works and it does not seem to support v1, v2 of minix fs either.
> There might also be a licensing issue.

No objections from me. I was expecting we might end up here based on
initial reactions to syzbot fix. Since you are interested in fs, this
work you did for this patch is a good learning opportunity which will
stay with you.

thanks,
-- Shuah