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List:       linux-cifs
Subject:    Re: 128 bit uid/gid (UUID) possible?
From:       David Mulder <dmulder () suse ! com>
Date:       2024-04-25 19:23:41
Message-ID: f15d2f5f-2e17-42d1-a376-3272b4460e37 () suse ! com
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On 4/25/24 1:21 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 at 12:17, David Mulder <dmulder@suse.com> wrote:
>> What is the possibility of increasing the uid/gid size in the kernel from 32bits to 128bits?
> Nope.
>
> We don't have user-space interfaces for it (st_uid is 32-bit), and the
> pain is not worth any theoretical gain.
>
>                  Linus
Ok, thanks. I'll move forward with id mapping.

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