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From: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
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Cc: John Ericson <mail@JohnEricson.me>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/3] fs: Add documentation to some `struct fs_struct` fields
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:58:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260629065934.1425479-2-John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260629065934.1425479-1-John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>

From: John Ericson <mail@JohnEricson.me>

This will be expanded upon in the next commit.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a49ce818-f38d-41b0-bbf7-80b8aad998b1@app.fastmail.com/
Signed-off-by: John Ericson <mail@JohnEricson.me>
---
 include/linux/fs_struct.h | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs_struct.h b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
index 0070764b790a..b5db5de9eb01 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_struct.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
@@ -12,7 +12,21 @@ struct fs_struct {
 	seqlock_t seq;
 	int umask;
 	int in_exec;
-	struct path root, pwd;
+
+	/*
+	 * The root directory for the task(s) that points to this
+	 * `fs_struct`. The root directory also controls how `..`
+	 * resolve; path traversal is not allowed to resolve upwards
+	 * beyond the root directory. (It is for this latter reason that
+	 * `chroot` is a privileged operation.)
+	 */
+	struct path root;
+
+	/*
+	 * The current working directory for the task(s) that points to
+	 * this `fs_struct`.
+	 */
+	struct path pwd;
 } __randomize_layout;
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *fs_cachep;
-- 
2.51.2


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-29  6:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-29  6:58 [RFC PATCH 0/3] fs: support tasks with a null root or cwd John Ericson
2026-06-29  6:58 ` John Ericson [this message]
2026-06-29  6:58 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] " John Ericson
2026-06-29  9:19   ` Christian Brauner
2026-06-29  6:58 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] fs: add KUnit tests for " John Ericson

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