linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Clarify the rootid_owns

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhQu7gSVO-QZFE_iaCB0qBqB3surdHQo4Vg71zc890uEhA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:47:06 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, 
	Ryan Foster <foster.ryan.r@...il.com>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify the rootid_owns_currentns

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM Serge E. Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 03:33:19PM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > Split most of the rootid_owns_currentns() functionality
> > into a more generic rootid_owns_ns() function which
> > will be easier to write tests for.
> >
> > Rename the functions and variables to make clear that
> > the ids being tested could be any uid.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
> > CC: Ryan Foster <foster.ryan.r@...il.com>
> > CC: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
>
> Paul, Christian, let me know if you have any objections, else I will
> queue this up in caps-next.

Seems reasonable to me, but it would be good to fix the parameter doc
bug that the kernel test robot identified.  I suspect it is just the
extra vertical comment space between the top one line summary and the
parameter list.

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