Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:12:44 -0500 | From | Aristeu Rozanski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH review 2/6] userns: Allow any uid or gid mappings that don't overlap. |
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 06:41:39PM +0400, Lord Glauber Costa of Sealand wrote: > Hello Mr. Someone. > > On 01/28/2013 06:28 PM, Aristeu Rozanski wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:21:00PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >> When I initially wrote the code for /proc/<pid>/uid_map. I was lazy > >> and avoided duplicate mappings by the simple expedient of ensuring the > >> first number in a new extent was greater than any number in the > >> previous extent. > >> > >> Unfortunately that precludes a number of valid mappings, and someone > >> noticed and complained. So use a simple check to ensure that ranges > >> in the mapping extents don't overlap. > > > > Acked-by: Someone <aris@redhat.com> > > > > Documentation/SubmittingPatches: > > "then you just add a line saying > > Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org> > > using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)" > > I know how it feels, but that is how it goes. You'll have to change that.
oh well, another trip to the social security office and DMV.
-- Aristeu
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