52 files changed, 92 insertions, 294 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index ca7e25292542..7e4699146fe1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ata *);
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
         void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
         int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
-        int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+        int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
         int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
         int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
         int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ put_link:	no
 truncate:       yes             (see below)
 setattr:        yes
 permission:     no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode)
-check_acl:      no
+get_acl:        no
 getattr:        no
 setxattr:       yes
 getxattr:       no
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 7f8861d341ea..b4a3d765ff9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -407,10 +407,11 @@ to some pointer to returning that pointer.  On errors return ERR_PTR(...).
 
 --
 [mandatory]
-        ->permission(), generic_permission() and ->check_acl() have lost flags
+        ->permission() and generic_permission()have lost flags
 argument; instead of passing IPERM_FLAG_RCU we add MAY_NOT_BLOCK into mask.
-        generic_permission() has also lost the check_acl argument; if you want
-non-NULL to be used for that inode, put it into ->i_op->check_acl.
+        generic_permission() has also lost the check_acl argument; ACL checking
+has been taken to VFS and filesystems need to provide a non-NULL ->i_op->get_acl
+to read an ACL from disk.
 
 --
 [mandatory]
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index eff6617c9a0f..52d8fb81cfff 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
         void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
         int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
-        int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+        int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
         int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
         int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
         int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index 075bc909da17..814be079c185 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static struct posix_acl *v9fs_get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
         return acl;
 }
 
-int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         struct posix_acl *acl;
         struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
@@ -108,18 +108,10 @@ int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
                  * On access = client  and acl = on mode get the acl
                  * values from the server
                  */
-                return -EAGAIN;
+                return NULL;
         }
-        acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+        return v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, type);
 
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return error;
-        }
-        return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
 static int v9fs_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.h b/fs/9p/acl.h
index 3eba10f3af1e..ddb7ae19d971 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.h
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.h
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
 extern int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *);
-extern int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct dentry *);
 extern int v9fs_set_create_acl(struct dentry *,
                                struct posix_acl **, struct posix_acl **);
 extern int v9fs_acl_mode(struct inode *dir, mode_t *modep,
                          struct posix_acl **dpacl, struct posix_acl **pacl);
 #else
-#define v9fs_check_acl NULL
+#define v9fs_iop_get_acl NULL
 static inline int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
 {
         return 0;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 803f59ff2faa..9d808d0e0cd9 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotl = {
         .getxattr = generic_getxattr,
         .removexattr = generic_removexattr,
         .listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
-        .check_acl = v9fs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl = {
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl = {
         .getxattr = generic_getxattr,
         .removexattr = generic_removexattr,
         .listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
-        .check_acl = v9fs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations_dotl = {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 9508ad14c924..65a735d8f6e4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-static struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         int size;
         const char *name;
@@ -195,22 +195,6 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        int error = -EAGAIN;
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-        acl = btrfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-        }
-
-        return error;
-}
-
 /*
  * btrfs_init_acl is already generally called under fs_mutex, so the locking
  * stuff has been fixed to work with that.  If the locking stuff changes, we
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 82be74efbb26..fe9287b06496 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2645,9 +2645,9 @@ do {								\
 
 /* acl.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 #else
-#define btrfs_check_acl NULL
+#define btrfs_get_acl NULL
 #endif
 int btrfs_init_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
                    struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 2548a04a0230..e91b097e7252 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7351,12 +7351,12 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = btrfs_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = btrfs_removexattr,
         .permission     = btrfs_permission,
-        .check_acl      = btrfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_ro_inode_operations = {
         .lookup         = btrfs_lookup,
         .permission     = btrfs_permission,
-        .check_acl      = btrfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations btrfs_dir_file_operations = {
@@ -7425,7 +7425,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_file_inode_operations = {
         .removexattr    = btrfs_removexattr,
         .permission     = btrfs_permission,
         .fiemap         = btrfs_fiemap,
-        .check_acl      = btrfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
         .getattr        = btrfs_getattr,
@@ -7435,7 +7435,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
         .getxattr       = btrfs_getxattr,
         .listxattr      = btrfs_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = btrfs_removexattr,
-        .check_acl      = btrfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
         .readlink       = generic_readlink,
@@ -7447,7 +7447,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
         .getxattr       = btrfs_getxattr,
         .listxattr      = btrfs_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = btrfs_removexattr,
-        .check_acl      = btrfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct dentry_operations btrfs_dentry_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index ba99fa4b2f35..52c053763942 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fail:
 /*
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         int name_index;
@@ -231,23 +231,6 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
         return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-        acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext2_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.h b/fs/ext2/acl.h
index 3ff6cbb9ac44..5c0a6a4fb052 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ static inline int ext2_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext2_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern struct posix_acl *ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext2_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_init_acl (struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext2_check_acl  NULL
+#define ext2_get_acl    NULL
 #define ext2_get_acl    NULL
 #define ext2_set_acl    NULL
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 82e06321de35..a5b3a5db3120 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations = {
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
         .setattr        = ext2_setattr,
-        .check_acl      = ext2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext2_get_acl,
         .fiemap         = ext2_fiemap,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index d60b7099e2db..761fde807fc9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_dir_inode_operations = {
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
         .setattr        = ext2_setattr,
-        .check_acl      = ext2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -419,5 +419,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
         .setattr        = ext2_setattr,
-        .check_acl      = ext2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext2_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index a9fdd77d4b58..6c29bf0df04a 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fail:
  *
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         int name_index;
@@ -239,23 +239,6 @@ ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
         return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-        acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext3_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.h b/fs/ext3/acl.h
index 597334626de9..dbc921e458c5 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ static inline int ext3_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext3_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern struct posix_acl *ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext3_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext3_init_acl (handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext3_check_acl NULL
+#define ext3_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index f55df0e61cbd..2be5b99097f1 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_file_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = ext3_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-        .check_acl      = ext3_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext3_get_acl,
         .fiemap         = ext3_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index c095cf5640c7..3b57230a17bb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_dir_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = ext3_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-        .check_acl      = ext3_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext3_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext3_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -2540,5 +2540,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext3_special_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = ext3_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-        .check_acl      = ext3_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext3_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 7b094d1a8d3e..dca2d1ded931 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fail:
  *
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         int name_index;
@@ -237,23 +237,6 @@ ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
         return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext4_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-        acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext4_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h
index 9d843d5deac4..18cb39ed7c7b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ static inline int ext4_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext4_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext4_check_acl NULL
+#define ext4_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index ce766f974b1d..e4095e988eba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = ext4_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-        .check_acl      = ext4_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext4_get_acl,
         .fiemap         = ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 707d605bf769..8c9babac43dc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_dir_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = ext4_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-        .check_acl      = ext4_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext4_get_acl,
         .fiemap         = ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
@@ -2602,5 +2602,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_special_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = ext4_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-        .check_acl      = ext4_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ext4_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index ea19ca47d452..d5e33a077a67 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -172,20 +172,6 @@ generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
         return error;
 }
 
-int
-generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-        acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (acl) {
-                int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return error;
-        }
-        return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler = {
         .prefix = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
         .flags  = ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index a2dd63c0c11a..884c9af0542f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -67,30 +67,9 @@ static struct posix_acl *gfs2_acl_get(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int type)
         return acl;
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_check_acl - Check an ACL to see if we're allowed to do something
- * @inode: the file we want to do something to
- * @mask: what we want to do
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *gfs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-        int error;
-
-        acl = gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-
-        if (acl) {
-                error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        return -EAGAIN;
+        return gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), type);
 }
 
 static int gfs2_set_mode(struct inode *inode, mode_t mode)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.h b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
index b522b0cb39ea..0da38dc7efec 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define GFS2_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT          "posix_acl_default"
 #define GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES            25
 
-extern int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern struct posix_acl *gfs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int gfs2_acl_create(struct gfs2_inode *dip, struct inode *inode);
 extern int gfs2_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr);
 extern const struct xattr_handler gfs2_xattr_system_handler;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 0fb51a96eff0..900cf986aadc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops = {
         .listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
         .removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
         .fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-        .check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
         .listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
         .removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
         .fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-        .check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
@@ -1882,6 +1882,6 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
         .listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
         .removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
         .fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-        .check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 5783ed81171b..27c511a1cf05 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void *jffs2_acl_to_medium(const struct posix_acl *acl, size_t *size)
         return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
-static struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         struct posix_acl *acl;
         char *value = NULL;
@@ -259,22 +259,6 @@ static int jffs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
         return rc;
 }
 
-int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-        int rc;
-
-        acl = jffs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                rc = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return rc;
-        }
-        return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *dir_i, struct inode *inode, mode_t *i_mode)
 {
         struct posix_acl *acl;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.h b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
index 9973073b9c47..b3421c78d9f8 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct jffs2_acl_header {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-extern int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int jffs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *, struct inode *, mode_t *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_post(struct inode *);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler jffs2_acl_default_xattr_handler;
 
 #else
 
-#define jffs2_check_acl                         (NULL)
+#define jffs2_get_acl                           (NULL)
 #define jffs2_acl_chmod(inode)                  (0)
 #define jffs2_init_acl_pre(dir_i,inode,mode)    (0)
 #define jffs2_init_acl_post(inode)              (0)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 5f243cd63afc..9659b7c00468 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations =
         .rmdir =        jffs2_rmdir,
         .mknod =        jffs2_mknod,
         .rename =       jffs2_rename,
-        .check_acl =    jffs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl =      jffs2_get_acl,
         .setattr =      jffs2_setattr,
         .setxattr =     jffs2_setxattr,
         .getxattr =     jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index 3989f7e09f7f..61e6723535b9 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations =
 
 const struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations =
 {
-        .check_acl =    jffs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl =      jffs2_get_acl,
         .setattr =      jffs2_setattr,
         .setxattr =     jffs2_setxattr,
         .getxattr =     jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index b955626071c2..e3035afb1814 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
 {
         .readlink =     generic_readlink,
         .follow_link =  jffs2_follow_link,
-        .check_acl =    jffs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl =      jffs2_get_acl,
         .setattr =      jffs2_setattr,
         .setxattr =     jffs2_setxattr,
         .getxattr =     jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/acl.c b/fs/jfs/acl.c
index 687a1ae42e3f..b3a32caf2b45 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/acl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "jfs_xattr.h"
 #include "jfs_acl.h"
 
-static struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         struct posix_acl *acl;
         char *ea_name;
@@ -114,22 +114,6 @@ out:
         return rc;
 }
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-        acl = jfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 int jfs_init_acl(tid_t tid, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
         struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 7527855b5cc6..844f9460cb11 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations = {
         .removexattr    = jfs_removexattr,
         .setattr        = jfs_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
-        .check_acl      = jfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = jfs_get_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
index 54e07559878d..ad84fe50ca9e 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 int jfs_init_acl(tid_t, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int jfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 03787ef6a118..29b1f1a21142 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations = {
         .removexattr    = jfs_removexattr,
         .setattr        = jfs_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
-        .check_acl      = jfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = jfs_get_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 120efc76d3d0..ec2e5656b444 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -196,20 +196,22 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
         acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 
         /*
-         * A filesystem can force a ACL callback by just never
-         * filling the ACL cache. But normally you'd fill the
-         * cache either at inode instantiation time, or on the
-         * first ->check_acl call.
+         * A filesystem can force a ACL callback by just never filling the
+         * ACL cache. But normally you'd fill the cache either at inode
+         * instantiation time, or on the first ->get_acl call.
          *
-         * If the filesystem doesn't have a check_acl() function
-         * at all, we'll just create the negative cache entry.
+         * If the filesystem doesn't have a get_acl() function at all, we'll
+         * just create the negative cache entry.
          */
         if (acl == ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
-                if (inode->i_op->check_acl)
-                        return inode->i_op->check_acl(inode, mask);
-
-                set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, NULL);
-                return -EAGAIN;
+                if (inode->i_op->get_acl) {
+                        acl = inode->i_op->get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+                        if (IS_ERR(acl))
+                                return PTR_ERR(acl);
+                } else {
+                        set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, NULL);
+                        return -EAGAIN;
+                }
         }
 
         if (acl) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 480200e94e83..783c58d9daf1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int ocfs2_set_acl(handle_t *handle,
         return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *ocfs2_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
         struct ocfs2_super *osb;
         struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
@@ -299,29 +299,17 @@ int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 
         osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
         if (!(osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL))
-                return ret;
+                return NULL;
 
         ret = ocfs2_read_inode_block(inode, &di_bh);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-                mlog_errno(ret);
-                return ret;
-        }
+        if (ret < 0)
+                return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
-        acl = ocfs2_get_acl_nolock(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, di_bh);
+        acl = ocfs2_get_acl_nolock(inode, type, di_bh);
 
         brelse(di_bh);
 
-        if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
-                mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(acl));
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        }
-        if (acl) {
-                ret = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-                return ret;
-        }
-
-        return -EAGAIN;
+        return acl;
 }
 
 int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
index 5c5d31f05853..071fbd380f2f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct ocfs2_acl_entry {
         __le32 e_id;
 };
 
-extern int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *ocfs2_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int ocfs2_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *,
                           struct buffer_head *, struct buffer_head *,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 0fc2bd34039d..de4ea1af041b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2600,14 +2600,14 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops = {
         .listxattr      = ocfs2_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
         .fiemap         = ocfs2_fiemap,
-        .check_acl      = ocfs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ocfs2_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops = {
         .setattr        = ocfs2_setattr,
         .getattr        = ocfs2_getattr,
         .permission     = ocfs2_permission,
-        .check_acl      = ocfs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ocfs2_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 33889dc52dd7..53aa41ed7bf3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2498,5 +2498,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops = {
         .listxattr      = ocfs2_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = generic_removexattr,
         .fiemap         = ocfs2_fiemap,
-        .check_acl      = ocfs2_check_acl,
+        .get_acl        = ocfs2_iop_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 0dd0266f9796..a6227d219e93 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_alloc);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_valid);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_equiv_mode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_from_mode);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_permission);
 
 /*
  * Init a fresh posix_acl
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index c7156dc39ce7..ace635053a36 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -319,5 +319,5 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_file_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
         .removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
         .permission = reiserfs_permission,
-        .check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 551f1b79dbc4..ef392324bbf1 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_dir_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
         .removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
         .permission = reiserfs_permission,
-        .check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
         .removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
         .permission = reiserfs_permission,
-        .check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 
 };
 
@@ -1560,5 +1560,5 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_special_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
         .removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
         .permission = reiserfs_permission,
-        .check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 7ba083eb62bd..6bc346c160e7 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -867,24 +867,6 @@ out:
         return err;
 }
 
-int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-        int error = -EAGAIN; /* do regular unix permission checks by default */
-
-        acl = reiserfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-
-        if (acl) {
-                if (!IS_ERR(acl)) {
-                        error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                        posix_acl_release(acl);
-                } else if (PTR_ERR(acl) != -ENODATA)
-                        error = PTR_ERR(acl);
-        }
-
-        return error;
-}
-
 static int create_privroot(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
         int err;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
index 2827bbd8366e..44ce51656804 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
         if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
                 return acl;
 
+        trace_xfs_get_acl(ip);
+
         switch (type) {
         case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                 ea_name = SGI_ACL_FILE;
@@ -218,25 +220,6 @@ xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
         return error;
 }
 
-int
-xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-        struct posix_acl *acl;
-        int error = -EAGAIN;
-
-        trace_xfs_check_acl(XFS_I(inode));
-
-        acl = xfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-        if (IS_ERR(acl))
-                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-        if (acl) {
-                error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
-        }
-
-        return error;
-}
-
 static int
 xfs_set_mode(struct inode *inode, mode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 77463dd55198..6544c3236bc8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ xfs_vn_fiemap(
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations = {
-        .check_acl              = xfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl                = xfs_get_acl,
         .getattr                = xfs_vn_getattr,
         .setattr                = xfs_vn_setattr,
         .setxattr               = generic_setxattr,
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations xfs_dir_inode_operations = {
         .rmdir                  = xfs_vn_unlink,
         .mknod                  = xfs_vn_mknod,
         .rename                 = xfs_vn_rename,
-        .check_acl              = xfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl                = xfs_get_acl,
         .getattr                = xfs_vn_getattr,
         .setattr                = xfs_vn_setattr,
         .setxattr               = generic_setxattr,
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations xfs_dir_ci_inode_operations = {
         .rmdir                  = xfs_vn_unlink,
         .mknod                  = xfs_vn_mknod,
         .rename                 = xfs_vn_rename,
-        .check_acl              = xfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl                = xfs_get_acl,
         .getattr                = xfs_vn_getattr,
         .setattr                = xfs_vn_setattr,
         .setxattr               = generic_setxattr,
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
         .readlink               = generic_readlink,
         .follow_link            = xfs_vn_follow_link,
         .put_link               = xfs_vn_put_link,
-        .check_acl              = xfs_check_acl,
+        .get_acl                = xfs_get_acl,
         .getattr                = xfs_vn_getattr,
         .setattr                = xfs_vn_setattr,
         .setxattr               = generic_setxattr,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
index fda0708ef2ea..690fc7a7bd72 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_alloc_file_space);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_free_file_space);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_readdir);
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
-DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_check_acl);
+DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_get_acl);
 #endif
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_vm_bmap);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_file_ioctl);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
index 0135e2a669d7..2c656ef49473 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ struct xfs_acl {
 #define SGI_ACL_DEFAULT_SIZE    (sizeof(SGI_ACL_DEFAULT)-1)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
-extern int xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 extern struct posix_acl *xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int xfs_inherit_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *default_acl);
 extern int xfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ extern int posix_acl_default_exists(struct inode *inode);
 extern const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_access_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_default_handler;
 #else
-# define xfs_check_acl                                  NULL
 # define xfs_get_acl(inode, type)                       NULL
 # define xfs_inherit_acl(inode, default_acl)            0
 # define xfs_acl_chmod(inode)                           0
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7a757a48a5c6..12f84b30c3ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
         struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
         void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
         int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
-        int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+        struct posix_acl * (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 
         int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
diff --git a/include/linux/generic_acl.h b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
index 574bea4013b6..b6d657544ef1 100644
--- a/include/linux/generic_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_default_handler;
 
 int generic_acl_init(struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
-int generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 #endif /* LINUX_GENERIC_ACL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
index 3fd8c4506bbb..f096b80e73d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_access_handler;
 #else
 
 #define reiserfs_cache_default_acl(inode) 0
-
-static inline struct posix_acl *reiserfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
-{
-        return NULL;
-}
+#define reiserfs_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int reiserfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index 57958c0e1d38..c2b71473266e 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 #define has_xattr_dir(inode) (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir)
-int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 ssize_t reiserfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
                           void *buffer, size_t size);
 int reiserfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ static inline void reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(struct inode *inode)
 #define reiserfs_setxattr NULL
 #define reiserfs_listxattr NULL
 #define reiserfs_removexattr NULL
-#define reiserfs_check_acl NULL
 
 static inline void reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index fcedf5464eb7..3e519798b522 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2715,10 +2715,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = shmem_listxattr,
         .removexattr    = shmem_removexattr,
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
-        .check_acl      = generic_check_acl,
-#endif
-
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations = {
@@ -2741,7 +2737,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
         .setattr        = shmem_setattr,
-        .check_acl      = generic_check_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -2754,7 +2749,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations shmem_special_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
         .setattr        = shmem_setattr,
-        .check_acl      = generic_check_acl,
 #endif
 };