From 8c5b21a91beedcdbcc829e3121b26fb201b6a7ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Pengelly <robertapengelly@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 23:54:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Base inodes on blocks

---
 mke2fs.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mke2fs.c b/mke2fs.c
index 03772d7..789b5c2 100644
--- a/mke2fs.c
+++ b/mke2fs.c
@@ -659,8 +659,15 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
     
     }
     
+    if ((nbinodes = nbblocks - EXT2_FIRST_INO - 1) < EXT2_FIRST_INO - 1) {
+        nbinodes = EXT2_FIRST_INO - 1;
+    }
+    
     nbresrvd = (nbblocks * 5) / 100;
-    nbinodes = EXT2_FIRST_INO - 1 + (nbresrvd ? 1 : 0);
+    
+    if (nbresrvd) {
+        nbinodes++;
+    }
     
     image_size += offset * SECTOR_SIZE;
     
-- 
2.34.1