vfsgid_into_kgid(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to vfsgid_into_kgid(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖✨ it’s literally the conversion moment where a vfsgid becomes a kgid, and we’re gonna get into it 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

vfsgid_into_kgid — convert vfsgid into kgid

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kgid_t vfsgid_into_kgid (vfsgid_t vfsgid );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vfsgid — the vfsgid to convert. that’s the whole vibe check for this arg 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here’s the tea: this can be used when a vfsgid is committed as a kgid. that’s it, that’s the situation 💫 no extra drama, no secret side quest — just the conversion moment, and it ate 🔥

👑 RETURN 👑

it gives you back a kgid with the value of vfsgid — iconic behavior, no cap 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file ./include/linux/mnt_idmapping.h is where this lives, and these are the besties in the group chat:

• vfsuid_eq_kuid(9)
• vfsgid_eq_kgid(9)
• vfsuid_has_fsmapping(9)
• vfsuid_into_kuid(9)
• vfsgid_has_fsmapping(9)
• mapped_fsuid(9)
• mapped_fsgid(9)

lowkey keep those references exactly as-is, bestie — iykyk 💜

that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 — vfsgid_into_kgid(9) comes from the source path ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it’s part of the Kernel API Manual. byeee 💅✨