Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: Allow the cache to be non-root

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, 19 May 2023 18:21:20 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> 
> Set mode 0600 on files in the cache so that cachefilesd can run as an
> unprivileged user rather than leaving the files all with 0.  Directories
> are already set to 0700.
> 
> Userspace then needs to set the uid and gid before issuing the "bind"
> command and the cache must've been chown'd to those IDs.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.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.

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

[1/1] cachefiles: Allow the cache to be non-root
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/a64498ff493f