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author | Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> | 2011-08-03 19:21:29 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-08-03 20:25:25 -0400 |
commit | 206506ccf04b6790d11553a0c8595d1bf65790fe (patch) | |
tree | b30ac4fd8005d5fe0ec818de303a0b486b15c007 /fs/Kconfig | |
parent | 8079b1c859c44f27d63da4951f5038a16589a563 (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
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 | |||
138 | config TMPFS_XATTR | 145 | config TMPFS_XATTR |
139 | bool "Tmpfs extended attributes" | 146 | bool "Tmpfs extended attributes" |
140 | depends on TMPFS | 147 | depends on TMPFS |