Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755621AbcKYSAn (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2016 13:00:43 -0500 Received: from h2.hallyn.com ([78.46.35.8]:58456 "EHLO h2.hallyn.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755315AbcKYSAf (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2016 13:00:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:50:09 -0600 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" , "Eric W. Biederman" , Seth Forshee , lkml , linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic Message-ID: <20161125175009.GA326@mail.hallyn.com> References: <20161119151739.GA16398@mail.hallyn.com> <8acb3b53-d5eb-0524-2c57-31fcb7e736d9@gmail.com> <20161124225246.GA16648@mail.hallyn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1176 Lines: 31 On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 09:33:50AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi Serge, > > On 11/24/2016 11:52 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpages@gmail.com): > > [...] > > >> Could we have a man-pages patch for this feature? Presumably for > >> user_namespaces(7) or capabilities(7). > > > > capabilities.7 doesn't actually mention anything about user namespaces > > right now. > > True. There's really just this: > > Interaction with user namespaces > For a discussion of the interaction of capabilities and user > namespaces, see user_namespaces(7). > > > I'll come up with a patch for both I think. Do you have a > > deadline for a new release coming up? > > No deadlines as such. The last couple of years, as a sort of > experiment, I've fallen into the same release cycle as the kernel > (typically making a release in the week or so after the kernel release), > and I am even using a similar numbering scheme. Ideally, the man-pages > patch would go into the release that corresponds to the kernel release > that makes the change. Cool - I'll write something up in the next few weeks.