From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: "Paul Moore" <paul@paul-moore.com>,
"Serge Hallyn" <sergeh@kernel.org>,
"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Shuah Khan" <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Alex Shi" <alexs@kernel.org>,
"Yanteng Si" <si.yanteng@linux.dev>,
"Dongliang Mu" <dzm91@hust.edu.cn>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] rust: task: clarify comments on task UID accessors
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 12:03:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afx_rzB-NvW5JkoY@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DICEBGUAU4OT.244JDJIKXRHBS@garyguo.net>
On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 12:08:35PM +0100, Gary Guo wrote:
> On Thu May 7, 2026 at 10:48 AM BST, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > - /// Returns the UID of the given task.
> > + /// Returns the objective real UID of the given task.
> > #[inline]
> > pub fn uid(&self) -> Kuid {
> > // SAFETY: It's always safe to call `task_uid` on a valid task.
> > Kuid::from_raw(unsafe { bindings::task_uid(self.as_ptr()) })
> > }
> >
> > - /// Returns the effective UID of the given task.
> > + /// Returns the objective effective UID of the given task.
> > + ///
> > + /// You should probably not be using this; the effective UID is normally
> > + /// only relevant in subjective credentials.
> > #[inline]
> > pub fn euid(&self) -> Kuid {
> > // SAFETY: It's always safe to call `task_euid` on a valid task.
> > @@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
> > impl Eq for Task {}
> >
> > impl Kuid {
> > - /// Get the current euid.
> > + /// Get the current subjective euid.
>
> For consistency this should be "subjective effective UID".
I can update this for the next version.
Alice
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-07 12:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-07 9:48 [PATCH v3 0/2] Delete task_euid() Alice Ryhl
2026-05-07 9:48 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] rust: task: clarify comments on task UID accessors Alice Ryhl
2026-05-07 11:08 ` Gary Guo
2026-05-07 12:03 ` Alice Ryhl [this message]
2026-05-07 9:48 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] cred: delete task_euid() Alice Ryhl
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