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

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Message-ID: <b16d9663-bf2c-41ea-a697-dc94fa2d6c1b@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:18:07 +0900
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@...all.nl>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        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

On 2025/10/30 19:59, Jan Kara wrote:
> The patch looks ok to me but since minix filesystem driver is in the kernel
> mostly to allow mounting ancient unix filesystems I don't quite understand
> the motivation for adding the new mount options. Why not just fixup
> minix_rmdir() to better handle corrupted filesystems?
I guess that a filesystem which is not needed from boot time can be
implemented in userspace. Can't we migrate legacy filesystems to
fuse-based userspace implementations?