Re: [PATCH 0/3] keys: play nicely with user namespaces

[David Howells <dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

Serge E. Hallyn <serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Yup - patch coming (probably next week) for that,

Thanks.

> but there's the question, given that user namespaces are hierarchical, of
> whether, if pidns B is a child of pidns A created by userid 500, a task in
> pidns A should see keys in userns B (listed as belonging to userid 500).

Does that mean all the UIDs of B should be part of A?  Or is just UID 500
inherited?  Or is UID 0 in B the same as UID 500 in A?

David