[PATCH v2 1/4] man/man2/statmount.2: Document STATMOUNT_{UIDMAP,GIDMAP}
Bhavik Sachdev <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:40:23 +0530
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Document the STATMOUNT_{UIDMAP,GIDMAP} flags and the corresponding
fields introduced by them. Most of this is based on the commit message
provided here [1].
Link [1]:
<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=37c4a9590e1efcae7749682239fc22a330d2d325>
Signed-off-by: Bhavik Sachdev <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <6146fa1d59006387ad7996f28f5651787125d956.1771855135.git.b.sachdev1904@gmail.com>
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Hey Alex!
Hopefully this is what you wanted!
Thanks,
Bhavik
man/man2/statmount.2 | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/man2/statmount.2 b/man/man2/statmount.2
index f8d2302ef..f5a3721eb 100644
--- a/man/man2/statmount.2
+++ b/man/man2/statmount.2
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
.B " __u32 opt_array;"
.B " __u32 opt_sec_num;"
.B " __u32 opt_sec_array;"
+.B " __u32 mnt_uidmap_num;"
+.B " __u32 mnt_uidmap;"
+.B " __u32 mnt_gidmap_num;"
+.B " __u32 mnt_gidmap;"
.B " char str[];"
.B };
.EE
@@ -120,6 +124,8 @@ .SS The mnt_id_req structure
STATMOUNT_SB_SOURCE /* Want/got sb_source */
STATMOUNT_OPT_ARRAY /* Want/got opt_{num,array} */
STATMOUNT_OPT_SEC_ARRAY /* Want/got opt_sec_{num,array} */
+STATMOUNT_MNT_UIDMAP /* Want/got uidmap... */
+STATMOUNT_MNT_GIDMAP /* Want/got gidmap... */
.TE
.in
.P
@@ -302,6 +308,38 @@ .SS The returned information
buffer that contains security options separated by null bytes.
They can be iterated over with the help of
.IR smbuf.opt_sec_num .
+.TP
+.IR smbuf.mnt_uidmap_num " (since Linux 6.15)"
+The number of uid mappings applied on the mount.
+If
+.I smbuf.mask
+has STATMOUNT_UIDMAP set and this field is 0,
+the mount is not an idmapped mount.
+.TP
+.IR smbuf.mnt_uidmap " (since Linux 6.15)"
+The offset to the location in the
+.I smbuf.str
+buffer that contains uid mappings as consecutive null-terminated strings.
+They can be iterated over with the help of
+.IR smbuf.mnt_uidmap_num .
+The whole range of uid mappings must be resolvable in the user namespace
+of the caller.
+.TP
+.IR smbuf.mnt_gidmap_num " (since Linux 6.15)"
+The number of gid mappings applied on the mount.
+If
+.I smbuf.mask
+has STATMOUNT_GIDMAP set and this field is 0,
+the mount is not an idmapped mount.
+.TP
+.IR smbuf.mnt_gidmap " (since Linux 6.15)"
+The offset to the location in the
+.I smbuf.str
+buffer that contains gid mappings as consecutive null-terminated strings.
+They can be iterated over with the help of
+.IR smbuf.mnt_gidmap_num .
+The whole range of gid mappings must be resolvable in the user namespace
+of the caller.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
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