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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/idmappingLinus Torvalds authored
Pull vfs idmapping updates from Christian Brauner: - Last cycle we introduced the dedicated struct mnt_idmap type for mount idmapping and the required infrastucture in 256c8aed ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts"). As promised in last cycle's pull request message this converts everything to rely on struct mnt_idmap. Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces that are relevant on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers without detailed knowledge in this area this was a potential source for bugs. This finishes the conversion. Instead of passing the plain namespace around this updates all places that currently take a pointer to a mnt_userns with a pointer to struct mnt_idmap. ...
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