[PATCH] NFSv4: client-side caching NFSv4 ACLs

 Add nfs4_acl field to the nfs_inode, and use it to cache acls.  Only cache
 acls of size up to a page.  Also prepare for up to a page of acl data even
 when the user doesn't pass in a buffer, as when they want to get the acl
 length to decide what size buffer to allocate.

 Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
 Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c45bd52cc1d7..350c48c12639 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ nfs_delete_inode(struct inode * inode)
         clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
-/*
- * For the moment, the only task for the NFS clear_inode method is to
- * release the mmap credential
- */
 static void
 nfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -1923,6 +1919,9 @@ static struct inode *nfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
         if (!nfsi)
                 return NULL;
         nfsi->flags = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
+        nfsi->nfs4_acl = NULL;
+#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4 */
         return &nfsi->vfs_inode;
 }