[PATCH v2 2/2] hfsplus: extract hidden directory search into a helper function

From: Zilin Guan

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 11:02:20 EST


In hfsplus_fill_super(), the process of looking up the hidden directory
involves initializing a catalog search, building a search key, reading
the b-tree record, and releasing the search data.

Currently, this logic is open-coded directly within the main superblock
initialization routine. This makes hfsplus_fill_super() quite lengthy
and its error handling paths less straightforward.

Extract the hidden directory search sequence into a new helper function,
hfsplus_get_hidden_dir_entry(). This improves overall code readability,
cleanly encapsulates the hfs_find_data lifecycle, and simplifies the
error exits in hfsplus_fill_super().

Moreover, the error handling logic for hfs_brec_read is updated to mirror
hfsplus_lookup(). This gracefully handles the -ENOENT case, keeping the
directory search behavior consistent with the rest of the filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hfsplus/super.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index f396fee19ab8..df3f104298cf 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -424,12 +424,33 @@ void hfsplus_prepare_volume_header_for_commit(struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr)
vhdr->attributes |= cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_INCNSTNT);
}

+static inline int hfsplus_get_hidden_dir_entry(struct super_block *sb,
+ const struct qstr *str,
+ hfsplus_cat_entry *entry)
+{
+ struct hfs_find_data fd;
+ int err;
+
+ err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ err = hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, HFSPLUS_ROOT_CNID, str);
+ if (unlikely(err < 0))
+ goto free_fd;
+
+ err = hfs_brec_read(&fd, entry, sizeof(*entry));
+
+free_fd:
+ hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+ return err;
+}
+
static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
{
struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr;
struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
hfsplus_cat_entry entry;
- struct hfs_find_data fd;
struct inode *root, *inode;
struct qstr str;
struct nls_table *nls;
@@ -565,16 +586,11 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)

str.len = sizeof(HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME) - 1;
str.name = HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME;
- err = hfs_find_init(sbi->cat_tree, &fd);
- if (err)
- goto out_put_root;
- err = hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, HFSPLUS_ROOT_CNID, &str);
- if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
- hfs_find_exit(&fd);
- goto out_put_root;
- }
- if (!hfs_brec_read(&fd, &entry, sizeof(entry))) {
- hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+ err = hfsplus_get_hidden_dir_entry(sb, &str, &entry);
+ if (err) {
+ if (err != -ENOENT)
+ goto out_put_root;
+ } else {
if (entry.type != cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FOLDER)) {
err = -EIO;
goto out_put_root;
@@ -585,8 +601,7 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
goto out_put_root;
}
sbi->hidden_dir = inode;
- } else
- hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+ }

if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) {
/*
--
2.34.1