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

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Message-ID: <37767163.3215767.1761866208997@kpc.webmail.kpnmail.nl>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:16:48 +0100 (CET)
From: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@...all.nl>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	"skhan@...uxfoundation.org" <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Khalid Aziz <khalid@...nel.org>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Taotao Chen <chentaotao@...iglobal.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	syzbot+4e49728ec1cbaf3b91d2@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add error handling to minix filesystem similar to ext4


>  
> Hi Jori!
>

Hi Jan, thank you for your encouraging reply, I appreciate it.

> 
> Well, one thing is handling corruption well - that part of your patch was
> fine and I think it is still useful - another thing are the mount options
> that allow to configure what happens when we find a corruption - and that
> is the part I don't think really makes a lot of sense for minix.
>

I already had a patch for this specific syzbot bug, and tested with the
reproducer, but without the new mount options. What I could do is submit this
and see if the community will accept it. Is that reasonable?