Which branch should this patch be based against?

Christian Brauner brauner at kernel.org
Tue Feb 28 01:01:42 PST 2023


On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 10:33:36AM -0600, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 19:41:59 -0600
> Glenn Washburn <development at efficientek.com> wrote:
> 
> > Let hostfs handle idmapped mounts. This allows to have the same hostfs
> > mount appear in multiple locations with different id mappings.
> 
> This patch is based off of linux-next in the Richard's UML repo[1].
> However, I've noticed that this patch needs some modifications to be
> applied against the tip[2]. So I'm wondering which branch in what repo
> is best to base patches from?

Hey Glenn,

Linus merged my pull request that introduces a dedicated new type for
idmapped mounts into the vfs: struct mnt_idmap. So any branch you base
this on should contain that work. Let me know if you need help with the
conversion.

Christian



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