Re: [PATCH RFC 4/7] fs: support FD_FAILFS_ROOT in fchroot()

"John Ericson" <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:30:29 -0400
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-api,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Very happy to see this patch series appear; thanks Christian!

Also happy with where this specific thread is going. I will just add
that an additional flag in fs_struct to force RESOLVE_BENEATH in *all* path
lookup would also be nice. The combination of:

root = pwd = failfs;
chroot_locked = false;
always_resolve_beneath = true;

goes along way to getting Capsicum's "capability mode". Then we just
need to figure out things like more capabilities for directory file
descriptors per Andy's brainstorming thread thread (which I ought to get
to replying to).

John