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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index 1f8cf8e10b34..633610253f45 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -717,6 +717,8 @@ be removed. Switch while you still can; the old one won't stay. **mandatory** ->setxattr() and xattr_handler.set() get dentry and inode passed separately. +The xattr_handler.set() gets passed the user namespace of the mount the inode +is seen from so filesystems can idmap the i_uid and i_gid accordingly. dentry might be yet to be attached to inode, so do _not_ use its ->d_inode in the instances. Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack |