Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 20 August 2013, Dwight Engen wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
> index f390042..90fb308 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
> @@ -620,12 +620,12 @@ spufs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, struct inode *root)
>                 case Opt_uid:
>                         if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
>                                 return 0;
> -                       root->i_uid = option;
> +                       root->i_uid = make_kuid(&init_user_ns, option);
>                         break;
>                 case Opt_gid:
>                         if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
>                                 return 0;
> -                       root->i_gid = option;
> +                       root->i_gid = make_kgid(&init_user_ns, option);
>                         break;
>                 case Opt_mode:
>                         if (match_octal(&args[0], &option))

Doesn't this mean the uid/gid is taken from the initial namespace rather than
from the namespace of the 'mount' process calling this? I think the logical
choice would be to have the UID be the one that gets passed here in the caller's
namespace.

	Arnd
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