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authorRobert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>2011-08-03 19:21:29 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-03 20:25:25 -0400
commit206506ccf04b6790d11553a0c8595d1bf65790fe (patch)
treeb30ac4fd8005d5fe0ec818de303a0b486b15c007 /fs/Kconfig
parent8079b1c859c44f27d63da4951f5038a16589a563 (diff)
tmpfs: expand "help" to explain value of TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
Expand the fs/Kconfig "help" info to clarify why it's a bad idea to deselect the TMPFS_POSIX_ACL config variable. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 19891aab9c6e..9fe0b349f4cd 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -127,14 +127,21 @@ config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
127 select TMPFS_XATTR 127 select TMPFS_XATTR
128 select GENERIC_ACL 128 select GENERIC_ACL
129 help 129 help
130 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and 130 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support additional access rights
131 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. 131 for users and groups beyond the standard owner/group/world scheme,
132 and this option selects support for ACLs specifically for tmpfs
133 filesystems.
134
135 If you've selected TMPFS, it's possible that you'll also need
136 this option as there are a number of Linux distros that require
137 POSIX ACL support under /dev for certain features to work properly.
138 For example, some distros need this feature for ALSA-related /dev
139 files for sound to work properly. In short, if you're not sure,
140 say Y.
132 141
133 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for 142 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
134 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. 143 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
135 144
136 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
137
138config TMPFS_XATTR 145config TMPFS_XATTR
139 bool "Tmpfs extended attributes" 146 bool "Tmpfs extended attributes"
140 depends on TMPFS 147 depends on TMPFS