[PATCH] knfsd: nfsd4: represent nfsv4 acl with array instead of linked list

Simplify the memory management and code a bit by representing acls with an
array instead of a linked list.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nfs4.h b/include/linux/nfs4.h
index db05182ca0e8..1be5be88debe 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs4.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs4.h
@@ -105,12 +105,11 @@ struct nfs4_ace {
         uint32_t        access_mask;
         int             whotype;
         uid_t           who;
-        struct list_head l_ace;
 };
 
 struct nfs4_acl {
         uint32_t        naces;
-        struct list_head ace_head;
+        struct nfs4_ace aces[0];
 };
 
 typedef struct { char data[NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE]; } nfs4_verifier;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs4_acl.h b/include/linux/nfs4_acl.h
index 22aff4d01f20..409b6e02f337 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs4_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs4_acl.h
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@
 
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 
-struct nfs4_acl *nfs4_acl_new(void);
-void nfs4_acl_free(struct nfs4_acl *);
-int nfs4_acl_add_ace(struct nfs4_acl *, u32, u32, u32, int, uid_t);
+/* Maximum ACL we'll accept from client; chosen (somewhat arbitrarily) to
+ * fit in a page: */
+#define NFS4_ACL_MAX 170
+
+struct nfs4_acl *nfs4_acl_new(int);
+void nfs4_acl_add_ace(struct nfs4_acl *, u32, u32, u32, int, uid_t);
 int nfs4_acl_get_whotype(char *, u32);
 int nfs4_acl_write_who(int who, char *p);
 int nfs4_acl_permission(struct nfs4_acl *acl, uid_t owner, gid_t group,