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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst index ad6d21640576..d095c5838f94 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst @@ -146,9 +146,10 @@ For the rest of this document we will prefix all userspace ids with ``u`` and all kernel ids with ``k``. Ranges of idmappings will be prefixed with ``r``. So an idmapping will be written as ``u0:k10000:r10000``. -For example, the id ``u1000`` is an id in the upper idmapset or "userspace -idmapset" starting with ``u1000``. And it is mapped to ``k11000`` which is a -kernel id in the lower idmapset or "kernel idmapset" starting with ``k10000``. +For example, within this idmapping, the id ``u1000`` is an id in the upper +idmapset or "userspace idmapset" starting with ``u0``. And it is mapped to +``k11000`` which is a kernel id in the lower idmapset or "kernel idmapset" +starting with ``k10000``. A kernel id is always created by an idmapping. Such idmappings are associated with user namespaces. Since we mainly care about how idmappings work we're not @@ -373,6 +374,13 @@ kernel maps the caller's userspace id down into a kernel id according to the caller's idmapping and then maps that kernel id up according to the filesystem's idmapping. +From the implementation point it's worth mentioning how idmappings are represented. +All idmappings are taken from the corresponding user namespace. + + - caller's idmapping (usually taken from ``current_user_ns()``) + - filesystem's idmapping (``sb->s_user_ns``) + - mount's idmapping (``mnt_idmap(vfsmnt)``) + Let's see some examples with caller/filesystem idmapping but without mount idmappings. This will exhibit some problems we can hit. After that we will revisit/reconsider these examples, this time using mount idmappings, to see how |