From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: agruen@kernel.org, bfields@fieldses.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V6 00/26] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:00:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878vpi73oc.fsf@skywalker.in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1315243548-18664-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 22:55:22 +0530, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The following set of patches implements VFS and ext4 changes needed to implement
> a new acl model for linux. Rich ACLs are an implementation of NFSv4 ACLs,
> extended by file masks to fit into the standard POSIX file permission model.
> They are designed to work seamlessly locally as well as across the NFSv4 and
> CIFS/SMB2 network file system protocols.
>
> A user-space utility for displaying and changing richacls is available at [4]
> (a number of examples can be found at http://acl.bestbits.at/richacl/examples.html).
>
> [4] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/acl/kvaneesh/richacl.git master
>
> To test richacl on ext4 use -o richacl mount option. This mount option may later be
> dropped in favour of a feature flag.
>
> More details regarding richacl can be found at
> http://acl.bestbits.at/richacl/
>
> Changes from v5:
> a) rebase to v3.1-rc4-131-g9e79e3e
>
> NOTE: The kernel changes will be pushed to
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvaneesh/linux-richacl.git richacl
> when kernel.org is back
>
I pushed the kernel changes to
git://github.com/kvaneesh/linux.git richacl
Userspace code can be found at
git://github.com/kvaneesh/richacl-tools.git
-aneesh
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2011-09-05 17:25 [PATCH -V6 00/26] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 01/26] vfs: Indicate that the permission functions take all the MAY_* flags Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 02/26] vfs: Add hex format for MAY_* flag values Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 03/26] vfs: Pass all mask flags down to iop->check_acl Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1315243548-18664-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 04/26] vfs: Add a comment to inode_permission() Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 05/26] vfs: Add generic IS_ACL() test for acl support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 06/26] vfs: Add IS_RICHACL() test for richacl support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 08/26] vfs: Add new file and directory create permission flags Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 11/26] vfs: Add permission flags for setting file attributes Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-07 20:55 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-08 9:36 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-08 20:08 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 14/26] richacl: Permission mapping functions Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-07 21:24 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-08 10:27 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 15/26] richacl: Compute maximum file masks from an acl Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 19/26] richacl: Check if an acl is equivalent to a file mode Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 23/26] vfs: Add richacl permission check Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 26/26] ext4: Add temporary richacl mount option for ext4 Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 22:42 ` [PATCH -V6 00/26] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability Casey Schaufler
[not found] ` <4E655049.6060507-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-08 0:46 ` Valdis.Kletnieks-PjAqaU27lzQ
2011-09-12 21:34 ` Casey Schaufler
2011-09-12 22:20 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110912222014.GA17483-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-12 22:38 ` Casey Schaufler
2011-09-12 22:43 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-12 23:23 ` Casey Schaufler
[not found] ` <4E6E946C.5050706-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-12 23:53 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <4E6E89E0.4010406-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-13 4:41 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-13 18:12 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-09 12:48 ` David Howells
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 07/26] vfs: Optimize out IS_RICHACL() if CONFIG_FS_RICHACL is not defined Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 09/26] vfs: Add delete child and delete self permission flags Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1315243548-18664-10-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-07 20:39 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-08 9:30 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-08 20:07 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-08 22:02 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110908220246.GD17215-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-09 5:19 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-09 5:25 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-09 12:02 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110908200754.GB17215-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-09 5:14 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-09 10:12 ` David Howells
[not found] ` <22928.1315563126-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-09 11:55 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 10/26] vfs: Make the inode passed to inode_change_ok non-const Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-07 20:43 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110907204321.GF8074-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-08 9:32 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 12/26] vfs: Make acl_permission_check() work for richacls Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 13/26] richacl: In-memory representation and helper functions Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 16/26] richacl: Update the file masks in chmod() Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 17/26] richacl: Permission check algorithm Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1315243548-18664-18-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-07 21:50 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110907215022.GI8074-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-08 10:34 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 18/26] richacl: Create-time inheritance Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 20/26] richacl: Automatic Inheritance Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1315243548-18664-21-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-07 21:56 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 21/26] richacl: xattr mapping functions Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 22/26] vfs: Cache richacl in struct inode Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 24/26] ext4: Use IS_POSIXACL() to check for POSIX ACL support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-05 17:25 ` [PATCH -V6 25/26] ext4: Implement rich acl for ext4 Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-06 9:41 ` [PATCH -V6 00/26] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability Steven Whitehouse
2011-09-06 13:58 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-07 20:18 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-09-07 23:44 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110907234408.GA10982-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-08 10:40 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-09 10:02 ` [PATCH -V6 08/26] vfs: Add new file and directory create permission flags David Howells
2011-09-09 11:59 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-09 10:36 ` [PATCH -V6 14/26] richacl: Permission mapping functions David Howells
[not found] ` <23273.1315564570-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-09 11:54 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1315243548-18664-19-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-09 12:14 ` [PATCH -V6 18/26] richacl: Create-time inheritance David Howells
[not found] ` <1315243548-18664-23-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-09 12:37 ` [PATCH -V6 22/26] vfs: Cache richacl in struct inode David Howells
2011-09-09 12:45 ` [PATCH -V6 25/26] ext4: Implement rich acl for ext4 David Howells
[not found] ` <25112.1315572358-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-13 4:25 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <25175.1315572498-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-09 14:03 ` [PATCH -V6 00/26] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability David Howells
[not found] ` <26458.1315577016-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-12 22:23 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110912222306.GB17483-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-12 22:27 ` David Howells
2011-09-13 5:07 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-09-21 7:30 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V [this message]
[not found] ` <878vpi73oc.fsf-6yE53ggjAfyqSkle7U1LjlaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-21 19:45 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110921194531.GB23634-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-22 5:31 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <87vcsl5eiq.fsf-6yE53ggjAfyqSkle7U1LjlaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-22 12:01 ` J. Bruce Fields
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