diff --git a/fs/richacl_base.c b/fs/richacl_base.c
index 6d9a073..063dbe4 100644
--- a/fs/richacl_base.c
+++ b/fs/richacl_base.c
@@ -65,3 +65,120 @@ richace_copy(struct richace *to, const struct richace *from)
 {
 	memcpy(to, from, sizeof(struct richace));
 }
+
+/*
+ * richacl_mask_to_mode  -  compute the file permission bits from mask
+ * @mask:	%RICHACE_* permission mask
+ *
+ * Compute the file permission bits corresponding to a particular set of
+ * richacl permissions.
+ *
+ * See richacl_masks_to_mode().
+ */
+static int
+richacl_mask_to_mode(unsigned int mask)
+{
+	int mode = 0;
+
+	if (mask & RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_READ)
+		mode |= S_IROTH;
+	if (mask & RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_WRITE)
+		mode |= S_IWOTH;
+	if (mask & RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_EXEC)
+		mode |= S_IXOTH;
+
+	return mode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * richacl_masks_to_mode  -  compute file permission bits from file masks
+ *
+ * When setting a richacl, we set the file permission bits to indicate maximum
+ * permissions: for example, we set the Write permission when a mask contains
+ * RICHACE_APPEND_DATA even if it does not also contain RICHACE_WRITE_DATA.
+ *
+ * Permissions which are not in RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_READ,
+ * RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_WRITE, or RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_EXEC cannot be represented
+ * in the file permission bits.  Such permissions can still be effective, but
+ * not for new files or after a chmod(); they must be explicitly enabled in the
+ * richacl.
+ */
+int
+richacl_masks_to_mode(const struct richacl *acl)
+{
+	return richacl_mask_to_mode(acl->a_owner_mask) << 6 |
+	       richacl_mask_to_mode(acl->a_group_mask) << 3 |
+	       richacl_mask_to_mode(acl->a_other_mask);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_masks_to_mode);
+
+/**
+ * richacl_mode_to_mask  - compute a file mask from the lowest three mode bits
+ *
+ * When the file permission bits of a file are set with chmod(), this specifies
+ * the maximum permissions that processes will get.  All permissions beyond
+ * that will be removed from the file masks, and become ineffective.
+ */
+unsigned int
+richacl_mode_to_mask(mode_t mode)
+{
+	unsigned int mask = 0;
+
+	if (mode & S_IROTH)
+		mask |= RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_READ;
+	if (mode & S_IWOTH)
+		mask |= RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_WRITE;
+	if (mode & S_IXOTH)
+		mask |= RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_EXEC;
+
+	return mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ * richacl_want_to_mask  - convert the iop->permission want argument to a mask
+ * @want:	@want argument of the permission inode operation
+ *
+ * When checking for append, @want is (MAY_WRITE | MAY_APPEND).
+ *
+ * Richacls use the iop->may_create and iop->may_delete hooks which are used
+ * for checking if creating and deleting files is allowed.  These hooks do not
+ * use richacl_want_to_mask(), so we do not have to deal with mapping MAY_WRITE
+ * to RICHACE_ADD_FILE, RICHACE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY, and RICHACE_DELETE_CHILD
+ * here.
+ */
+unsigned int
+richacl_want_to_mask(unsigned int want)
+{
+	unsigned int mask = 0;
+
+	if (want & MAY_READ)
+		mask |= RICHACE_READ_DATA;
+	if (want & MAY_DELETE_SELF)
+		mask |= RICHACE_DELETE;
+	if (want & MAY_TAKE_OWNERSHIP)
+		mask |= RICHACE_WRITE_OWNER;
+	if (want & MAY_CHMOD)
+		mask |= RICHACE_WRITE_ACL;
+	if (want & MAY_SET_TIMES)
+		mask |= RICHACE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES;
+	if (want & MAY_EXEC)
+		mask |= RICHACE_EXECUTE;
+	/*
+	 * differentiate MAY_WRITE from these request
+	 */
+	if (want & (MAY_APPEND |
+		    MAY_CREATE_FILE | MAY_CREATE_DIR |
+		    MAY_DELETE_CHILD)) {
+		if (want & MAY_APPEND)
+			mask |= RICHACE_APPEND_DATA;
+		if (want & MAY_CREATE_FILE)
+			mask |= RICHACE_ADD_FILE;
+		if (want & MAY_CREATE_DIR)
+			mask |= RICHACE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY;
+		if (want & MAY_DELETE_CHILD)
+			mask |= RICHACE_DELETE_CHILD;
+	} else if (want & MAY_WRITE)
+		mask |= RICHACE_WRITE_DATA;
+	return mask;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_want_to_mask);
diff --git a/include/linux/richacl.h b/include/linux/richacl.h
index ed487b2..f4ba113 100644
--- a/include/linux/richacl.h
+++ b/include/linux/richacl.h
@@ -120,6 +120,49 @@ struct richacl {
 	RICHACE_WRITE_OWNER |					\
 	RICHACE_SYNCHRONIZE)
 
+/*
+ * The POSIX permissions are supersets of the following NFSv4 permissions:
+ *
+ *  - MAY_READ maps to READ_DATA or LIST_DIRECTORY, depending on the type
+ *    of the file system object.
+ *
+ *  - MAY_WRITE maps to WRITE_DATA or RICHACE_APPEND_DATA for files, and to
+ *    ADD_FILE, RICHACE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY, or RICHACE_DELETE_CHILD for directories.
+ *
+ *  - MAY_EXECUTE maps to RICHACE_EXECUTE.
+ *
+ *  (Some of these NFSv4 permissions have the same bit values.)
+ */
+#define RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_READ (			\
+		RICHACE_READ_DATA |		\
+		RICHACE_LIST_DIRECTORY)
+#define RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_WRITE (			\
+		RICHACE_WRITE_DATA |		\
+		RICHACE_ADD_FILE |			\
+		RICHACE_APPEND_DATA |		\
+		RICHACE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY |		\
+		RICHACE_DELETE_CHILD)
+#define RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_EXEC RICHACE_EXECUTE
+#define RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_ALL (			\
+		RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_READ |		\
+		RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_WRITE |		\
+		RICHACE_POSIX_MODE_EXEC)
+/*
+ * These permissions are always allowed
+ * no matter what the acl says.
+ */
+#define RICHACE_POSIX_ALWAYS_ALLOWED (	\
+		RICHACE_SYNCHRONIZE |	\
+		RICHACE_READ_ATTRIBUTES |	\
+		RICHACE_READ_ACL)
+/*
+ * The owner is implicitly granted
+ * these permissions under POSIX.
+ */
+#define RICHACE_POSIX_OWNER_ALLOWED (		\
+		RICHACE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES |		\
+		RICHACE_WRITE_OWNER |		\
+		RICHACE_WRITE_ACL)
 /**
  * richacl_get  -  grab another reference to a richacl handle
  */
@@ -257,6 +300,8 @@ richace_is_same_identifier(const struct richace *a, const struct richace *b)
 extern struct richacl *richacl_alloc(int, gfp_t);
 extern struct richacl *richacl_clone(const struct richacl *, gfp_t);
 extern void richace_copy(struct richace *, const struct richace *);
-
+extern int richacl_masks_to_mode(const struct richacl *);
+extern unsigned int richacl_mode_to_mask(mode_t);
+extern unsigned int richacl_want_to_mask(unsigned int);
 
 #endif /* __RICHACL_H */
