From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:51:08 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: machine: add a comment to clarify that root_directory is informational only
X-Git-Tag: v258~2^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F38911%2Fhead;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git

machine: add a comment to clarify that root_directory is informational only

To avoid any possible mistakes in the future, add a comment in the
object declaration
---

diff --git a/src/machine/machine.h b/src/machine/machine.h
index 8f1a044f7a0..4bdb049c5fb 100644
--- a/src/machine/machine.h
+++ b/src/machine/machine.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ typedef struct Machine {
 
         char *state_file;
         char *service;
+        /* Note that the root directory is accepted as-is from the caller, including unprivileged users, so
+         * do not use it for anything but informational purposes. */
         char *root_directory;
 
         char *unit;