Re: [PATCH] ext4: Mark inodes without acls in __ext4_iget()

Theodore Ts'o
2025-12-01T16:24:03Z

On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:13:41 +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Mark inodes without acls with cache_no_acl() in __ext4_iget() so that
> path lookup can run in RCU mode from the start. This is interesting in
> particular for the case where the file owner does the lookup because in
> that case end up constantly hitting the slow path otherwise. We drop out
> from the fast path (because ACL state is unknown) but never end up calling
> check_acl() to cache ACL state.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: Mark inodes without acls in __ext4_iget()
commit: 91ef18b567dae84c0cea9b996d933c856e366f52

Best regards,
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Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>