+static inline bool UID_IS_INVALID(uid_t uid) {
+ /* We consider both the old 16bit -1 user and the newer 32bit
+ * -1 user invalid, since they are or used to be incompatible
+ * with syscalls such as setresuid() or chown(). */
+
+ return uid == (uid_t) ((uint32_t) -1) || uid == (uid_t) ((uint16_t) -1);
+}
+
+static inline bool GID_IS_INVALID(gid_t gid) {
+ return gid == (gid_t) ((uint32_t) -1) || gid == (gid_t) ((uint16_t) -1);
+}
+