From 8324f9351c5d22fa49fa59d1ec3f71afa9408143 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:51:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 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
---
 src/machine/machine.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

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;
-- 
2.47.3