docs: filesystems: idmappings: clarify from where idmappings are taken

Let's clarify from where we take idmapping of each type:
- caller
- filesystem
- mount

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@canonical.com>
Message-Id: <20230625182047.26854-1-aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst
index ad6d21640576..f3d168c9f0b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/idmappings.rst
@@ -373,6 +373,13 @@ kernel maps the caller's userspace id down into a kernel id according to the
 caller's idmapping and then maps that kernel id up according to the
 filesystem's idmapping.
 
+From the implementation point it's worth mentioning how idmappings are represented.
+All idmappings are taken from the corresponding user namespace.
+
+    - caller's idmapping (usually taken from ``current_user_ns()``)
+    - filesystem's idmapping (``sb->s_user_ns``)
+    - mount's idmapping (``mnt_idmap(vfsmnt)``)
+
 Let's see some examples with caller/filesystem idmapping but without mount
 idmappings. This will exhibit some problems we can hit. After that we will
 revisit/reconsider these examples, this time using mount idmappings, to see how