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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-08-01 09:10:07 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-08-01 09:10:07 -0700 |
commit | 0fac198def2b41138850867b6aa92044c76ff802 (patch) | |
tree | 0f63ca3c522dcd12cfc5e68a51f4dd7e16fa2f1d /Documentation | |
parent | bdfae5ce3820e79e709bd530ab458302be2e0d9c (diff) | |
parent | ba40a57ff08bf606135866bfe5fddc572089ac16 (diff) |
Merge tag 'fs.idmapped.overlay.acl.v5.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux
Pull acl updates from Christian Brauner:
"Last cycle we introduced support for mounting overlayfs on top of
idmapped mounts. While looking into additional testing we realized
that posix acls don't really work correctly with stacking filesystems
on top of idmapped layers.
We already knew what the fix were but it would require work that is
more suitable for the merge window so we turned off posix acls for
v5.19 for overlayfs on top of idmapped layers with Miklos routing my
patch upstream in 72a8e05d4f66 ("Merge tag 'ovl-fixes-5.19-rc7' [..]").
This contains the work to support posix acls for overlayfs on top of
idmapped layers. Since the posix acl fixes should use the new
vfs{g,u}id_t work the associated branch has been merged in. (We sent a
pull request for this earlier.)
We've also pulled in Miklos pull request containing my patch to turn
of posix acls on top of idmapped layers. This allowed us to avoid
rebasing the branch which we didn't like because we were already at
rc7 by then. Merging it in allows this branch to first fix posix acls
and then to cleanly revert the temporary fix it brought in by commit
4a47c6385bb4 ("ovl: turn of SB_POSIXACL with idmapped layers
temporarily").
The last patch in this series adds Seth Forshee as a co-maintainer for
idmapped mounts. Seth has been integral to all of this work and is
also the main architect behind the filesystem idmapping work which
ultimately made filesystems such as FUSE and overlayfs available in
containers. He continues to be active in both development and review.
I'm very happy he decided to help and he has my full trust. This
increases the bus factor which is always great for work like this. I'm
honestly very excited about this because I think in general we don't
do great in the bringing on new maintainers department"
For more explanations of the ACL issues, see
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220801145520.1532837-1-brauner@kernel.org/
* tag 'fs.idmapped.overlay.acl.v5.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux:
Add Seth Forshee as co-maintainer for idmapped mounts
Revert "ovl: turn of SB_POSIXACL with idmapped layers temporarily"
ovl: handle idmappings in ovl_get_acl()
acl: make posix_acl_clone() available to overlayfs
acl: port to vfs{g,u}id_t
acl: move idmapped mount fixup into vfs_{g,s}etxattr()
mnt_idmapping: add vfs[g,u]id_into_k[g,u]id()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst | 4 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst index 316cfd8b1891..7da6c30ed596 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst @@ -466,10 +466,6 @@ overlay filesystem and the value of st_ino for filesystem objects may not be persistent and could change even while the overlay filesystem is mounted, as summarized in the `Inode properties`_ table above. -4) "idmapped mounts" -When the upper or lower layers are idmapped mounts overlayfs will be mounted -without support for POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs). This limitation will -eventually be lifted. Changes to underlying filesystems --------------------------------- |