diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 5b7ed5d022ec..bed5b8a623ba 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL)		+= drop_caches.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FHANDLE)		+= fhandle.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FS_RICHACL)	+= richacl.o
-richacl-y			:= richacl_base.o
+richacl-y			:= richacl_base.o richacl_inode.o
 
 obj-y				+= quota/
 
diff --git a/fs/richacl_base.c b/fs/richacl_base.c
index baa61da691a4..29ffea8e56d7 100644
--- a/fs/richacl_base.c
+++ b/fs/richacl_base.c
@@ -454,3 +454,72 @@ is_everyone:
 	return denied ? -EACCES : 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_permission);
+
+/**
+ * richacl_inherit  -  compute the inherited acl of a new file
+ * @dir_acl:	acl of the containing directory
+ * @isdir:	inherit by a directory or non-directory?
+ *
+ * A directory can have acl entries which files and/or directories created
+ * inside the directory will inherit.  This function computes the acl for such
+ * a new file.  If there is no inheritable acl, it will return %NULL.
+ */
+struct richacl *
+richacl_inherit(const struct richacl *dir_acl, int isdir)
+{
+	const struct richace *dir_ace;
+	struct richacl *acl = NULL;
+	struct richace *ace;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	if (isdir) {
+		richacl_for_each_entry(dir_ace, dir_acl) {
+			if (!richace_is_inheritable(dir_ace))
+				continue;
+			count++;
+		}
+		if (!count)
+			return NULL;
+		acl = richacl_alloc(count);
+		if (!acl)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		ace = acl->a_entries;
+		richacl_for_each_entry(dir_ace, dir_acl) {
+			if (!richace_is_inheritable(dir_ace))
+				continue;
+			memcpy(ace, dir_ace, sizeof(struct richace));
+			if (dir_ace->e_flags & ACE4_NO_PROPAGATE_INHERIT_ACE)
+				richace_clear_inheritance_flags(ace);
+			if ((dir_ace->e_flags & ACE4_FILE_INHERIT_ACE) &&
+			    !(dir_ace->e_flags & ACE4_DIRECTORY_INHERIT_ACE))
+				ace->e_flags |= ACE4_INHERIT_ONLY_ACE;
+			ace++;
+		}
+	} else {
+		richacl_for_each_entry(dir_ace, dir_acl) {
+			if (!(dir_ace->e_flags & ACE4_FILE_INHERIT_ACE))
+				continue;
+			count++;
+		}
+		if (!count)
+			return NULL;
+		acl = richacl_alloc(count);
+		if (!acl)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		ace = acl->a_entries;
+		richacl_for_each_entry(dir_ace, dir_acl) {
+			if (!(dir_ace->e_flags & ACE4_FILE_INHERIT_ACE))
+				continue;
+			memcpy(ace, dir_ace, sizeof(struct richace));
+			richace_clear_inheritance_flags(ace);
+			/*
+			 * ACE4_DELETE_CHILD is meaningless for
+			 * non-directories, so clear it.
+			 */
+			ace->e_mask &= ~ACE4_DELETE_CHILD;
+			ace++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return acl;
+}
diff --git a/fs/richacl_inode.c b/fs/richacl_inode.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f590fb526812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/richacl_inode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010  Novell, Inc.
+ * Written by Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@kernel.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/richacl.h>
+
+/**
+ * richacl_inherit_inode  -  compute inherited acl and file mode
+ * @dir_acl:	acl of the containing directory
+ * @inode:	inode of the new file (create mode in i_mode)
+ *
+ * The file permission bits in inode->i_mode must be set to the create mode.
+ * If there is an inheritable acl, the maximum permissions that the acl grants
+ * will be computed and permissions not granted by the acl will be removed from
+ * inode->i_mode.  If there is no inheritable acl, the umask will be applied
+ * instead.
+ */
+struct richacl *
+richacl_inherit_inode(const struct richacl *dir_acl, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct richacl *acl;
+	mode_t mask;
+
+	acl = richacl_inherit(dir_acl, S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode));
+	if (acl) {
+
+		richacl_compute_max_masks(acl);
+
+		/*
+		 * Ensure that the acl will not grant any permissions beyond
+		 * the create mode.
+		 */
+		acl->a_flags |= ACL4_MASKED;
+		acl->a_owner_mask &= richacl_mode_to_mask(inode->i_mode >> 6) |
+				     ACE4_POSIX_OWNER_ALLOWED;
+		acl->a_group_mask &= richacl_mode_to_mask(inode->i_mode >> 3);
+		acl->a_other_mask &= richacl_mode_to_mask(inode->i_mode);
+		mask = ~S_IRWXUGO | richacl_masks_to_mode(acl);
+	} else
+		mask = ~current_umask();
+
+	inode->i_mode &= mask;
+	return acl;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_inherit_inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/richacl.h b/include/linux/richacl.h
index d43700a179d3..47855ec8db4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/richacl.h
+++ b/include/linux/richacl.h
@@ -284,5 +284,9 @@ extern void richacl_compute_max_masks(struct richacl *);
 extern struct richacl *richacl_chmod(struct richacl *, mode_t);
 extern int richacl_permission(struct inode *, const struct richacl *,
 			      unsigned int);
+extern struct richacl *richacl_inherit(const struct richacl *, int);
 
+/* richacl_inode.c */
+extern struct richacl *richacl_inherit_inode(const struct richacl *,
+					     struct inode *);
 #endif /* __RICHACL_H */
