diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 6e842a7..1b8001b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int retval;
 
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return NULL;
-
-	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
-	if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		return acl;
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name_index = EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
@@ -189,19 +182,14 @@ ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 /*
  * inode->i_mutex: down
  */
-static int
-ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
+int
+ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 {
 	int name_index;
 	void *value = NULL;
 	size_t size = 0;
 	int error;
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-
 	switch(type) {
 		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 			name_index = EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
@@ -250,169 +238,21 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 int
 ext2_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (test_opt(dir->i_sb, POSIX_ACL)) {
-			acl = ext2_get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-			if (IS_ERR(acl))
-				return PTR_ERR(acl);
-		}
-		if (!acl)
-			inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask();
-	}
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL) && acl) {
-		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-			error = ext2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, acl);
-			if (error)
-				goto cleanup;
-		}
-		error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
-		if (error < 0)
-			return error;
-		if (error > 0) {
-			/* This is an extended ACL */
-			error = ext2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
-		}
-	}
-cleanup:
-       posix_acl_release(acl);
-       return error;
-}
-
-/*
- * Does chmod for an inode that may have an Access Control List. The
- * inode->i_mode field must be updated to the desired value by the caller
- * before calling this function.
- * Returns 0 on success, or a negative error number.
- *
- * We change the ACL rather than storing some ACL entries in the file
- * mode permission bits (which would be more efficient), because that
- * would break once additional permissions (like  ACL_APPEND, ACL_DELETE
- * for directories) are added. There are no more bits available in the
- * file mode.
- *
- * inode->i_mutex: down
- */
-int
-ext2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-        int error;
+	struct posix_acl *default_acl, *acl;
+	int error;
 
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	error = posix_acl_create(dir, &inode->i_mode, &default_acl, &acl);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	error = ext2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
-	return error;
-}
 
-/*
- * Extended attribut handlers
- */
-static size_t
-ext2_xattr_list_acl_access(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_size,
-			   const char *name, size_t name_len, int type)
-{
-	const size_t size = sizeof(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS);
-
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	if (list && size <= list_size)
-		memcpy(list, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS, size);
-	return size;
-}
-
-static size_t
-ext2_xattr_list_acl_default(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_size,
-			    const char *name, size_t name_len, int type)
-{
-	const size_t size = sizeof(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT);
-
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	if (list && size <= list_size)
-		memcpy(list, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT, size);
-	return size;
-}
-
-static int
-ext2_xattr_get_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer,
-		   size_t size, int type)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error;
-
-	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	acl = ext2_get_acl(dentry->d_inode, type);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl == NULL)
-		return -ENODATA;
-	error = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, buffer, size);
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
-
-	return error;
-}
-
-static int
-ext2_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
-		   size_t size, int flags, int type)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error;
-
-	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(dentry->d_inode))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	if (value) {
-		acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(&init_user_ns, value, size);
-		if (IS_ERR(acl))
-			return PTR_ERR(acl);
-		else if (acl) {
-			error = posix_acl_valid(acl);
-			if (error)
-				goto release_and_out;
-		}
-	} else
-		acl = NULL;
-
-	error = ext2_set_acl(dentry->d_inode, type, acl);
-
-release_and_out:
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
+	if (default_acl) {
+		error = ext2_set_acl(inode, default_acl, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+		posix_acl_release(default_acl);
+	}
+	if (acl) {
+		if (!error)
+			error = ext2_set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+		posix_acl_release(acl);
+	}
 	return error;
 }
-
-const struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
-	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
-	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
-	.list	= ext2_xattr_list_acl_access,
-	.get	= ext2_xattr_get_acl,
-	.set	= ext2_xattr_set_acl,
-};
-
-const struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
-	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
-	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
-	.list	= ext2_xattr_list_acl_default,
-	.get	= ext2_xattr_get_acl,
-	.set	= ext2_xattr_set_acl,
-};
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.h b/fs/ext2/acl.h
index 503bfb0..44937f9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline int ext2_acl_count(size_t size)
 
 /* acl.c */
 extern struct posix_acl *ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
-extern int ext2_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
+extern int ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type);
 extern int ext2_init_acl (struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else
@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@ extern int ext2_init_acl (struct inode *, struct inode *);
 #define ext2_get_acl	NULL
 #define ext2_set_acl	NULL
 
-static inline int
-ext2_acl_chmod (struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline int ext2_init_acl (struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index a5b3a5d..44c36e5 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext2_set_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext2_fiemap,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 8a33764..94ed3684 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ int ext2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 	}
 	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
 	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
-		error = ext2_acl_chmod(inode);
+		error = posix_acl_chmod(inode, inode->i_mode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 256dd5f..c268d0a 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_dir_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext2_set_acl,
 	.tmpfile	= ext2_tmpfile,
 };
 
@@ -433,4 +434,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext2_set_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 2d7557d..9142614 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ static struct mb_cache *ext2_xattr_cache;
 static const struct xattr_handler *ext2_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_USER]		     = &ext2_xattr_user_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &ext2_xattr_acl_access_handler,
-	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT] = &ext2_xattr_acl_default_handler,
+	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
+	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT] = &posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
 #endif
 	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED]	     = &ext2_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ const struct xattr_handler *ext2_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ext2_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ext2_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	&ext2_xattr_acl_access_handler,
-	&ext2_xattr_acl_default_handler,
+	&posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
+	&posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY
 	&ext2_xattr_security_handler,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.h b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
index 5e41ccc..60edf29 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ struct ext2_xattr_entry {
 
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_user_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_trusted_handler;
-extern const struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_acl_access_handler;
-extern const struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_acl_default_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_security_handler;
 
 extern ssize_t ext2_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 4f3d8fa..8bbaf5b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@ ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int retval;
 
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return NULL;
-
-	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
-	if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		return acl;
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name_index = EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
@@ -190,7 +183,7 @@ ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
  * inode->i_mutex: down unless called from ext3_new_inode
  */
 static int
-ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
+__ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	     struct posix_acl *acl)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -198,9 +191,6 @@ ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	size_t size = 0;
 	int error;
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	switch(type) {
 		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 			name_index = EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
@@ -243,204 +233,49 @@ ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext3_new_inode.
- *
- * dir->i_mutex: down
- * inode->i_mutex: up (access to inode is still exclusive)
- */
 int
-ext3_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
+ext3_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (test_opt(dir->i_sb, POSIX_ACL)) {
-			acl = ext3_get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-			if (IS_ERR(acl))
-				return PTR_ERR(acl);
-		}
-		if (!acl)
-			inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask();
-	}
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL) && acl) {
-		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-			error = ext3_set_acl(handle, inode,
-					     ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, acl);
-			if (error)
-				goto cleanup;
-		}
-		error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
-		if (error < 0)
-			return error;
-
-		if (error > 0) {
-			/* This is an extended ACL */
-			error = ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
-		}
-	}
-cleanup:
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
-	return error;
-}
-
-/*
- * Does chmod for an inode that may have an Access Control List. The
- * inode->i_mode field must be updated to the desired value by the caller
- * before calling this function.
- * Returns 0 on success, or a negative error number.
- *
- * We change the ACL rather than storing some ACL entries in the file
- * mode permission bits (which would be more efficient), because that
- * would break once additional permissions (like  ACL_APPEND, ACL_DELETE
- * for directories) are added. There are no more bits available in the
- * file mode.
- *
- * inode->i_mutex: down
- */
-int
-ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	handle_t *handle;
-	int retries = 0;
-        int error;
+	int error, retries = 0;
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
 retry:
-	handle = ext3_journal_start(inode,
-			EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
-	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
-		ext3_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	error = ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+	handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+	if (IS_ERR(handle))
+		return PTR_ERR(handle);
+	error = __ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, type, acl);
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
-	if (error == -ENOSPC &&
-	    ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+	if (error == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
-out:
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
 	return error;
 }
 
 /*
- * Extended attribute handlers
+ * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext3_new_inode.
+ *
+ * dir->i_mutex: down
+ * inode->i_mutex: up (access to inode is still exclusive)
  */
-static size_t
-ext3_xattr_list_acl_access(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_len,
-			   const char *name, size_t name_len, int type)
-{
-	const size_t size = sizeof(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS);
-
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	if (list && size <= list_len)
-		memcpy(list, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS, size);
-	return size;
-}
-
-static size_t
-ext3_xattr_list_acl_default(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_len,
-			    const char *name, size_t name_len, int type)
-{
-	const size_t size = sizeof(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT);
-
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	if (list && size <= list_len)
-		memcpy(list, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT, size);
-	return size;
-}
-
-static int
-ext3_xattr_get_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer,
-		   size_t size, int type)
+int
+ext3_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	struct posix_acl *default_acl, *acl;
 	int error;
 
-	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	acl = ext3_get_acl(dentry->d_inode, type);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl == NULL)
-		return -ENODATA;
-	error = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, buffer, size);
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
-
-	return error;
-}
-
-static int
-ext3_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
-		   size_t size, int flags, int type)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	handle_t *handle;
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error, retries = 0;
-
-	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	if (value) {
-		acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(&init_user_ns, value, size);
-		if (IS_ERR(acl))
-			return PTR_ERR(acl);
-		else if (acl) {
-			error = posix_acl_valid(acl);
-			if (error)
-				goto release_and_out;
-		}
-	} else
-		acl = NULL;
-
-retry:
-	handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
-	if (IS_ERR(handle))
-		return PTR_ERR(handle);
-	error = ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, type, acl);
-	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
-	if (error == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
-		goto retry;
+	error = posix_acl_create(dir, &inode->i_mode, &default_acl, &acl);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
-release_and_out:
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
+	if (default_acl) {
+		error = __ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
+				       default_acl);
+		posix_acl_release(default_acl);
+	}
+	if (acl) {
+		if (!error)
+			error = __ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
+					       acl);
+		posix_acl_release(acl);
+	}
 	return error;
 }
-
-const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
-	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
-	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
-	.list	= ext3_xattr_list_acl_access,
-	.get	= ext3_xattr_get_acl,
-	.set	= ext3_xattr_set_acl,
-};
-
-const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
-	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
-	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
-	.list	= ext3_xattr_list_acl_default,
-	.get	= ext3_xattr_get_acl,
-	.set	= ext3_xattr_set_acl,
-};
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.h b/fs/ext3/acl.h
index dbc921e..ea1c69e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.h
@@ -55,18 +55,13 @@ static inline int ext3_acl_count(size_t size)
 
 /* acl.c */
 extern struct posix_acl *ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
-extern int ext3_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
+extern int ext3_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type);
 extern int ext3_init_acl (handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #define ext3_get_acl NULL
-
-static inline int
-ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+#define ext3_set_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext3_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index 25cb413..aad0531 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_file_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext3_set_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext3_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 2bd8548..384b6eb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -3365,7 +3365,7 @@ int ext3_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
-		rc = ext3_acl_chmod(inode);
+		rc = posix_acl_chmod(inode, inode->i_mode);
 
 err_out:
 	ext3_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index f8cde46..f197736 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2569,6 +2569,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext3_set_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext3_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -2580,4 +2581,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_special_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext3_set_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index b1fc963..c6874be 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ static struct mb_cache *ext3_xattr_cache;
 static const struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_USER]		     = &ext3_xattr_user_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler,
-	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT] = &ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler,
+	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
+	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT] = &posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
 #endif
 	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED]	     = &ext3_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ const struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ext3_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ext3_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	&ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler,
-	&ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler,
+	&posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
+	&posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY
 	&ext3_xattr_security_handler,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.h b/fs/ext3/xattr.h
index 2be4f69..32e93eb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.h
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ struct ext3_xattr_entry {
 
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_user_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_trusted_handler;
-extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler;
-extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_security_handler;
 
 extern ssize_t ext3_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index f827f3b..d40c8db 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -152,13 +152,6 @@ ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int retval;
 
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return NULL;
-
-	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
-	if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		return acl;
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name_index = EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
@@ -196,7 +189,7 @@ ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
  * inode->i_mutex: down unless called from ext4_new_inode
  */
 static int
-ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
+__ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	     struct posix_acl *acl)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -204,9 +197,6 @@ ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	size_t size = 0;
 	int error;
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name_index = EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
@@ -248,208 +238,51 @@ ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext4_new_inode.
- *
- * dir->i_mutex: down
- * inode->i_mutex: up (access to inode is still exclusive)
- */
 int
-ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
+ext4_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (test_opt(dir->i_sb, POSIX_ACL)) {
-			acl = ext4_get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-			if (IS_ERR(acl))
-				return PTR_ERR(acl);
-		}
-		if (!acl)
-			inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask();
-	}
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL) && acl) {
-		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-			error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode,
-					     ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, acl);
-			if (error)
-				goto cleanup;
-		}
-		error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
-		if (error < 0)
-			return error;
-
-		if (error > 0) {
-			/* This is an extended ACL */
-			error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
-		}
-	}
-cleanup:
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
-	return error;
-}
-
-/*
- * Does chmod for an inode that may have an Access Control List. The
- * inode->i_mode field must be updated to the desired value by the caller
- * before calling this function.
- * Returns 0 on success, or a negative error number.
- *
- * We change the ACL rather than storing some ACL entries in the file
- * mode permission bits (which would be more efficient), because that
- * would break once additional permissions (like  ACL_APPEND, ACL_DELETE
- * for directories) are added. There are no more bits available in the
- * file mode.
- *
- * inode->i_mutex: down
- */
-int
-ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	handle_t *handle;
-	int retries = 0;
-	int error;
-
+	int error, retries = 0;
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
 retry:
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
 				    ext4_jbd2_credits_xattr(inode));
-	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
-		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle))
+		return PTR_ERR(handle);
+
+	error = __ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, type, acl);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	if (error == -ENOSPC &&
-	    ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+	if (error == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
-out:
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
 	return error;
 }
 
 /*
- * Extended attribute handlers
+ * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext4_new_inode.
+ *
+ * dir->i_mutex: down
+ * inode->i_mutex: up (access to inode is still exclusive)
  */
-static size_t
-ext4_xattr_list_acl_access(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_len,
-			   const char *name, size_t name_len, int type)
-{
-	const size_t size = sizeof(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS);
-
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	if (list && size <= list_len)
-		memcpy(list, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS, size);
-	return size;
-}
-
-static size_t
-ext4_xattr_list_acl_default(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_len,
-			    const char *name, size_t name_len, int type)
-{
-	const size_t size = sizeof(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT);
-
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return 0;
-	if (list && size <= list_len)
-		memcpy(list, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT, size);
-	return size;
-}
-
-static int
-ext4_xattr_get_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer,
-		   size_t size, int type)
+int
+ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	struct posix_acl *default_acl, *acl;
 	int error;
 
-	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	acl = ext4_get_acl(dentry->d_inode, type);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl == NULL)
-		return -ENODATA;
-	error = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, buffer, size);
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
-
-	return error;
-}
-
-static int
-ext4_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
-		   size_t size, int flags, int type)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	handle_t *handle;
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error, retries = 0;
-
-	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	if (value) {
-		acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(&init_user_ns, value, size);
-		if (IS_ERR(acl))
-			return PTR_ERR(acl);
-		else if (acl) {
-			error = posix_acl_valid(acl);
-			if (error)
-				goto release_and_out;
-		}
-	} else
-		acl = NULL;
+	error = posix_acl_create(dir, &inode->i_mode, &default_acl, &acl);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
-retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
-				    ext4_jbd2_credits_xattr(inode));
-	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
-		goto release_and_out;
+	if (default_acl) {
+		error = __ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
+				       default_acl);
+		posix_acl_release(default_acl);
+	}
+	if (acl) {
+		if (!error)
+			error = __ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
+					       acl);
+		posix_acl_release(acl);
 	}
-	error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, type, acl);
-	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	if (error == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
-		goto retry;
-
-release_and_out:
-	posix_acl_release(acl);
 	return error;
 }
-
-const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
-	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
-	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
-	.list	= ext4_xattr_list_acl_access,
-	.get	= ext4_xattr_get_acl,
-	.set	= ext4_xattr_set_acl,
-};
-
-const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
-	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
-	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
-	.list	= ext4_xattr_list_acl_default,
-	.get	= ext4_xattr_get_acl,
-	.set	= ext4_xattr_set_acl,
-};
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h
index 18cb39e..da2c795 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h
@@ -55,18 +55,13 @@ static inline int ext4_acl_count(size_t size)
 
 /* acl.c */
 struct posix_acl *ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
-extern int ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
+int ext4_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type);
 extern int ext4_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #define ext4_get_acl NULL
-
-static inline int
-ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+#define ext4_set_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 3da2194..43e64f6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext4_set_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0757634..8277556 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4675,7 +4675,7 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
 
 	if (!rc && (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
-		rc = ext4_acl_chmod(inode);
+		rc = posix_acl_chmod(inode, inode->i_mode);
 
 err_out:
 	ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 5a0408d..e77c1ba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3225,6 +3225,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext4_set_acl,
 	.fiemap         = ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
@@ -3235,4 +3236,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_special_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
+	.set_acl	= ext4_set_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 1423c48..e175e94 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ static struct mb_cache *ext4_xattr_cache;
 static const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_USER]		     = &ext4_xattr_user_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &ext4_xattr_acl_access_handler,
-	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT] = &ext4_xattr_acl_default_handler,
+	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
+	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT] = &posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
 #endif
 	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED]	     = &ext4_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ext4_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ext4_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	&ext4_xattr_acl_access_handler,
-	&ext4_xattr_acl_default_handler,
+	&posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
+	&posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY
 	&ext4_xattr_security_handler,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index c767dbd..819d639 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find {
 
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_user_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_trusted_handler;
-extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_acl_access_handler;
-extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_acl_default_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_security_handler;
 
 extern ssize_t ext4_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
