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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfsLinus Torvalds authored
Pull acl updates from Christian Brauner: "After finishing the introduction of the new posix acl api last cycle the generic POSIX ACL xattr handlers are still around in the filesystems xattr handlers for two reasons: (1) Because a few filesystems rely on the ->list() method of the generic POSIX ACL xattr handlers in their ->listxattr() inode operation. (2) POSIX ACLs are only available if IOP_XATTR is raised. The IOP_XATTR flag is raised in inode_init_always() based on whether the sb->s_xattr pointer is non-NULL. IOW, the registered xattr handlers of the filesystem are used to raise IOP_XATTR. Removing the generic POSIX ACL xattr handlers from all filesystems would risk regressing filesystems that only implement POSIX ACL support and no other xattrs (nfs3 comes to mind). This contains the work to decouple POSIX ACLs from the IOP_XATTR flag as they don't depend on xattr handlers anymore. So it's now possible to remove the generic POSIX ACL xattr handlers from the sb->s_xattr list of all filesystems. This is a crucial step as the generic POSIX ACL xattr handlers aren't used for POSIX ACLs anymore and POSIX ACLs don't depend on the xattr infrastructure anymore. Adressing problem (1) will require more long-term work. It would be best to get rid of the ->list() method of xattr handlers completely at some point. For erofs, ext{2,4}, f2fs, jffs2, ocfs2, and reiserfs the nop POSIX ACL xattr handler is kept around so they can continue to use array-based xattr handler indexing. This update does simplify the ->listxattr() implementation of all these filesystems however" * tag 'v6.4/vfs.acl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: acl: don't depend on IOP_XATTR ovl: check for ->listxattr() support reiserfs: rework priv inode handling fs: rename generic posix acl handlers reiserfs: rework ->listxattr() implementation fs: simplify ->listxattr() implementation fs: drop unused posix acl handlers xattr: remove unused argument xattr: add listxattr helper xattr: simplify listxattr helpers
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