linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/25] capability: use vfsuid_t for vfs

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:25:08 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: "Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean)" <sforshee@...nel.org>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, 
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/25] capability: use vfsuid_t for vfs_caps rootids

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 03:24:36PM -0600, Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) wrote:
> The rootid is a kuid_t, but it contains an id which maped into a mount
> idmapping, so it is really a vfsuid. This is confusing and creates
> potential for misuse of the value, so change it to vfsuid_t.
> 
> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) <sforshee@...nel.org>
> ---

Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>