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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-07-12 08:59:35 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-07-12 08:59:35 -0700
commit72a8e05d4f66b5af7854df4490e3135168694b6b (patch)
treeced8b74903959b0a7049b117873a47f94c398d93 /Documentation
parent29851567d1aa8f0045170545d2e1a5d7a4057667 (diff)
parent4a47c6385bb4e0786826e75bd4555aba32953653 (diff)
Merge tag 'ovl-fixes-5.19-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs
Pull overlayfs fix from Miklos Szeredi: "Add a temporary fix for posix acls on idmapped mounts introduced in this cycle. A proper fix will be added in the next cycle" * tag 'ovl-fixes-5.19-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs: ovl: turn off SB_POSIXACL with idmapped layers temporarily
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@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ overlay filesystem and the value of st_ino for filesystem objects may not be
persistent and could change even while the overlay filesystem is mounted, as
summarized in the `Inode properties`_ table above.
+4) "idmapped mounts"
+When the upper or lower layers are idmapped mounts overlayfs will be mounted
+without support for POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs). This limitation will
+eventually be lifted.
Changes to underlying filesystems
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