Which branch should this patch be based against?
Glenn Washburn
development at efficientek.com
Tue Feb 28 16:42:16 PST 2023
On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:01:42 +0100
Christian Brauner <brauner at kernel.org> wrote:
> 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.
Hi Christian,
I was about to ask for help yesterday when I was trying to figure it
out, but I think I got it working. However, you probably will have
suggestions for improvement. I'll send an updated version soon, and
make sure you're explicitly included.
Glenn
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