fs: take the ACL checks to common code

Replace the ->check_acl method with a ->get_acl method that simply reads an
ACL from disk after having a cache miss.  This means we can replace the ACL
checking boilerplate code with a single implementation in namei.c.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

44 files changed, 83 insertions, 273 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index 075bc909da1..814be079c18 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static struct posix_acl *v9fs_get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	return acl;
 }
 
-int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
@@ -108,18 +108,10 @@ int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		 * On access = client  and acl = on mode get the acl
 		 * values from the server
 		 */
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	return v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, type);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
 static int v9fs_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.h b/fs/9p/acl.h
index 3eba10f3af1..ddb7ae19d97 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.h
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.h
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
 extern int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *);
-extern int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct dentry *);
 extern int v9fs_set_create_acl(struct dentry *,
 			       struct posix_acl **, struct posix_acl **);
 extern int v9fs_acl_mode(struct inode *dir, mode_t *modep,
 			 struct posix_acl **dpacl, struct posix_acl **pacl);
 #else
-#define v9fs_check_acl NULL
+#define v9fs_iop_get_acl NULL
 static inline int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 803f59ff2fa..9d808d0e0cd 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotl = {
 	.getxattr = generic_getxattr,
 	.removexattr = generic_removexattr,
 	.listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
-	.check_acl = v9fs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl = {
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl = {
 	.getxattr = generic_getxattr,
 	.removexattr = generic_removexattr,
 	.listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
-	.check_acl = v9fs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations_dotl = {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 9508ad14c92..65a735d8f6e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-static struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int size;
 	const char *name;
@@ -195,22 +195,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	int error = -EAGAIN;
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = btrfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-	}
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 /*
  * btrfs_init_acl is already generally called under fs_mutex, so the locking
  * stuff has been fixed to work with that.  If the locking stuff changes, we
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 82be74efbb2..fe9287b0649 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2645,9 +2645,9 @@ do {								\
 
 /* acl.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 #else
-#define btrfs_check_acl NULL
+#define btrfs_get_acl NULL
 #endif
 int btrfs_init_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		   struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 2548a04a023..e91b097e725 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7351,12 +7351,12 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_ro_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= btrfs_lookup,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations btrfs_dir_file_operations = {
@@ -7425,7 +7425,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
 	.fiemap		= btrfs_fiemap,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr	= btrfs_getattr,
@@ -7435,7 +7435,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.getxattr	= btrfs_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
@@ -7447,7 +7447,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.getxattr	= btrfs_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct dentry_operations btrfs_dentry_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index ba99fa4b2f3..52c05376394 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fail:
 /*
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -231,23 +231,6 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = ext2_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);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext2_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.h b/fs/ext2/acl.h
index 3ff6cbb9ac4..5c0a6a4fb05 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ static inline int ext2_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext2_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern struct posix_acl *ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext2_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_init_acl (struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext2_check_acl	NULL
+#define ext2_get_acl	NULL
 #define ext2_get_acl	NULL
 #define ext2_set_acl	NULL
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 82e06321de3..a5b3a5db312 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= ext2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext2_fiemap,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index d60b7099e2d..761fde807fc 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= ext2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -419,5 +419,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= ext2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index a9fdd77d4b5..6c29bf0df04 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fail:
  *
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -239,23 +239,6 @@ ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = ext3_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);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext3_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.h b/fs/ext3/acl.h
index 597334626de..dbc921e458c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ static inline int ext3_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext3_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern struct posix_acl *ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext3_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext3_init_acl (handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext3_check_acl NULL
+#define ext3_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index f55df0e61cb..2be5b99097f 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_file_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext3_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext3_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext3_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index c095cf5640c..3b57230a17b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext3_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext3_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext3_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -2540,5 +2540,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_special_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext3_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext3_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 7b094d1a8d3..dca2d1ded93 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fail:
  *
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -237,23 +237,6 @@ ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext4_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = ext4_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);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext4_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h
index 9d843d5deac..18cb39ed7c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ static inline int ext4_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext4_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext4_check_acl NULL
+#define ext4_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index ce766f974b1..e4095e988eb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext4_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 707d605bf76..8c9babac43d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext4_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 	.fiemap         = ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
@@ -2602,5 +2602,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_special_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext4_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index ea19ca47d45..d5e33a077a6 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -172,20 +172,6 @@ generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler = {
 	.prefix = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index a2dd63c0c11..884c9af0542 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -67,30 +67,9 @@ static struct posix_acl *gfs2_acl_get(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int type)
 	return acl;
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_check_acl - Check an ACL to see if we're allowed to do something
- * @inode: the file we want to do something to
- * @mask: what we want to do
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *gfs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error;
-
-	acl = gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-
-	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
+	return gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), type);
 }
 
 static int gfs2_set_mode(struct inode *inode, mode_t mode)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.h b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
index b522b0cb39e..0da38dc7efe 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define GFS2_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT		"posix_acl_default"
 #define GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES		25
 
-extern int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern struct posix_acl *gfs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int gfs2_acl_create(struct gfs2_inode *dip, struct inode *inode);
 extern int gfs2_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr);
 extern const struct xattr_handler gfs2_xattr_system_handler;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 0fb51a96eff..900cf986aad 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops = {
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
@@ -1882,6 +1882,6 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 5783ed81171..27c511a1cf0 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void *jffs2_acl_to_medium(const struct posix_acl *acl, size_t *size)
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
-static struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	char *value = NULL;
@@ -259,22 +259,6 @@ static int jffs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int rc;
-
-	acl = jffs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		rc = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return rc;
-	}
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *dir_i, struct inode *inode, mode_t *i_mode)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.h b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
index 9973073b9c4..b3421c78d9f 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct jffs2_acl_header {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-extern int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int jffs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *, struct inode *, mode_t *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_post(struct inode *);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler jffs2_acl_default_xattr_handler;
 
 #else
 
-#define jffs2_check_acl				(NULL)
+#define jffs2_get_acl				(NULL)
 #define jffs2_acl_chmod(inode)			(0)
 #define jffs2_init_acl_pre(dir_i,inode,mode)	(0)
 #define jffs2_init_acl_post(inode)		(0)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 5f243cd63af..9659b7c0046 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations =
 	.rmdir =	jffs2_rmdir,
 	.mknod =	jffs2_mknod,
 	.rename =	jffs2_rename,
-	.check_acl =	jffs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl =	jffs2_get_acl,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index 3989f7e09f7..61e6723535b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations =
 
 const struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations =
 {
-	.check_acl =	jffs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl =	jffs2_get_acl,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index b955626071c..e3035afb181 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
 {
 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
-	.check_acl =	jffs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl =	jffs2_get_acl,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/acl.c b/fs/jfs/acl.c
index 687a1ae42e3..b3a32caf2b4 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/acl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "jfs_xattr.h"
 #include "jfs_acl.h"
 
-static struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	char *ea_name;
@@ -114,22 +114,6 @@ out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = jfs_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);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 int jfs_init_acl(tid_t tid, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 7527855b5cc..844f9460cb1 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= jfs_removexattr,
 	.setattr	= jfs_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
-	.check_acl	= jfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= jfs_get_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
index 54e07559878..ad84fe50ca9 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 int jfs_init_acl(tid_t, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int jfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 03787ef6a11..29b1f1a2114 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= jfs_removexattr,
 	.setattr	= jfs_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
-	.check_acl	= jfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= jfs_get_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 120efc76d3d..ec2e5656b44 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -196,20 +196,22 @@ static int check_acl(struct