The patch titled userns: don't define init_user_ns in ipc_namespace.h has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is userns-add-a-user-namespace-owner-of-ipc-ns-dont-define-init_user_ns-in-ipc_namespaceh.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: userns: don't define init_user_ns in ipc_namespace.h From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> It shouldn't be needed since ipc/msgutil.c includes security.h which includes fs.h, which forward declares it. Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxx> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/ipc_namespace.h | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/ipc_namespace.h~userns-add-a-user-namespace-owner-of-ipc-ns-dont-define-init_user_ns-in-ipc_namespaceh include/linux/ipc_namespace.h --- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h~userns-add-a-user-namespace-owner-of-ipc-ns-dont-define-init_user_ns-in-ipc_namespaceh +++ a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ #define IPCNS_CALLBACK_PRI 0 struct user_namespace; -extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns; struct ipc_ids { int in_use; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are sys_unshare-remove-the-dead-clone_thread-sighand-vm-code.patch cgroup-remove-the-ns_cgroup.patch userns-add-a-user_namespace-as-creator-owner-of-uts_namespace.patch userns-security-make-capabilities-relative-to-the-user-namespace.patch userns-security-make-capabilities-relative-to-the-user-namespace-fix.patch userns-security-make-capabilities-relative-to-the-user-namespace-fix-fix.patch userns-security-make-capabilities-relative-to-the-user-namespace-remove-unneeded-extra-argument-in-selinuxs-task_has_capability.patch userns-allow-sethostname-in-a-container.patch userns-allow-killing-tasks-in-your-own-or-child-userns.patch userns-allow-ptrace-from-non-init-user-namespaces.patch userns-user-namespaces-convert-all-capable-checks-in-kernel-sysc.patch userns-add-a-user-namespace-owner-of-ipc-ns.patch userns-add-a-user-namespace-owner-of-ipc-ns-dont-define-init_user_ns-in-ipc_namespaceh.patch userns-user-namespaces-convert-several-capable-calls.patch userns-user-namespaces-convert-several-capable-calls-checkpatch-fixes.patch userns-userns-check-user-namespace-for-task-file-uid-equivalence-checks.patch userns-userns-check-user-namespace-for-task-file-uid-equivalence-checks-checkpatch-fixes.patch userns-rename-is_owner_or_cap-to-inode_owner_or_capable.patch userns-rename-is_owner_or_cap-to-inode_owner_or_capable-fix.patch userns-rename-is_owner_or_cap-to-inode_owner_or_capable-fix-fix.patch userns-make-has_capability-into-real-functions.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html