Re: [PATCH] vfs: add FS_USERNS_DELEGATABLE flag and set it for NFS

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:47:43 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Commit e1c5ae59c0f2 ("fs: don't allow non-init s_user_ns for filesystems
> without FS_USERNS_MOUNT") prevents the mount of any filesystem inside a
> container that doesn't have FS_USERNS_MOUNT set.
> 
> This broke NFS mounts in our containerized environment. We have a daemon
> somewhat like systemd-mountfsd running in the init_ns. A process does a
> fsopen() inside the container and passes it to the daemon via unix
> socket.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.0.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.0.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.0.misc

[1/1] vfs: add FS_USERNS_DELEGATABLE flag and set it for NFS
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/269c46e936f3