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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-05-14 19:51:39 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-07-14 22:51:36 +0300 |
| commit | e45b082d463fea5bb1b85aff00d049cc51f593fa (patch) | |
| tree | 6bcc99870c763204037a3da0c56379bc1744bde3 /Documentation/highuid.txt | |
| parent | ccd8d5577c17ac276388dc77c34f16b4e9c1b62e (diff) | |
| download | linux-e45b082d463fea5bb1b85aff00d049cc51f593fa.tar.xz | |
highuid.txt: standardize document format
Each text file under Documentation follows a different
format. Some doesn't even have titles!
Change its representation to follow the adopted standard,
using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx:
- use a markup for the title;
- use :Author: and :Last updated: markups at the beginning with
authorship info;
- use proper markups for the lists.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/highuid.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/highuid.txt | 47 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/highuid.txt b/Documentation/highuid.txt index 6bad6f1d1cac..6ee70465c0ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/highuid.txt +++ b/Documentation/highuid.txt @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -Notes on the change from 16-bit UIDs to 32-bit UIDs: +=================================================== +Notes on the change from 16-bit UIDs to 32-bit UIDs +=================================================== + +:Author: Chris Wing <wingc@umich.edu> +:Last updated: January 11, 2000 - kernel code MUST take into account __kernel_uid_t and __kernel_uid32_t when communicating between user and kernel space in an ioctl or data @@ -28,30 +33,34 @@ What's left to be done for 32-bit UIDs on all Linux architectures: uses the 32-bit UID system calls properly otherwise. This affects at least: - iBCS on Intel - sparc32 emulation on sparc64 - (need to support whatever new 32-bit UID system calls are added to - sparc32) + - iBCS on Intel + + - sparc32 emulation on sparc64 + (need to support whatever new 32-bit UID system calls are added to + sparc32) - Validate that all filesystems behave properly. At present, 32-bit UIDs _should_ work for: - ext2 - ufs - isofs - nfs - coda - udf + + - ext2 + - ufs + - isofs + - nfs + - coda + - udf Ioctl() fixups have been made for: - ncpfs - smbfs + + - ncpfs + - smbfs Filesystems with simple fixups to prevent 16-bit UID wraparound: - minix - sysv - qnx4 + + - minix + - sysv + - qnx4 Other filesystems have not been checked yet. @@ -69,9 +78,3 @@ What's left to be done for 32-bit UIDs on all Linux architectures: - make sure that the UID mapping feature of AX25 networking works properly (it should be safe because it's always used a 32-bit integer to communicate between user and kernel) - - -Chris Wing -wingc@umich.edu - -last updated: January 11, 2000 |