@@ -235,27 +235,9 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
return posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask & ~MAY_NOT_BLOCK);
}
- acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-
- /*
- * A filesystem can force a ACL callback by just never filling the
- * ACL cache. But normally you'd fill the cache either at inode
- * instantiation time, or on the first ->get_acl call.
- *
- * If the filesystem doesn't have a get_acl() function at all, we'll
- * just create the negative cache entry.
- */
- if (acl == ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
- if (inode->i_op->get_acl) {
- acl = inode->i_op->get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
- if (IS_ERR(acl))
- return PTR_ERR(acl);
- } else {
- set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, NULL);
- return -EAGAIN;
- }
- }
-
+ acl = get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+ if (IS_ERR(acl))
+ return PTR_ERR(acl);
if (acl) {
int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
posix_acl_release(acl);
@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_valid);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_equiv_mode);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_from_mode);
+struct posix_acl *get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+{
+ struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+ acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
+ if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+ return acl;
+
+ if (!IS_POSIXACL(inode))
+ return NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * A filesystem can force a ACL callback by just never filling the
+ * ACL cache. But normally you'd fill the cache either at inode
+ * instantiation time, or on the first ->get_acl call.
+ *
+ * If the filesystem doesn't have a get_acl() function at all, we'll
+ * just create the negative cache entry.
+ */
+ if (!inode->i_op->get_acl) {
+ set_cached_acl(inode, type, NULL);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return inode->i_op->get_acl(inode, type);
+}
+
/*
* Init a fresh posix_acl
*/
@@ -175,4 +175,6 @@ static inline void cache_no_acl(struct inode *inode)
#endif
}
+struct posix_acl *get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
+
#endif /* __LINUX_POSIX_ACL_H */