Re: [PATCH 6/8] shmfs: use 'check_acl' instead of 'permission'

[Hugh Dickins]

On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:04:28 -0700
> 
> shmfs wants purely standard POSIX ACL semantics, so we can use the new
> generic VFS layer POSIX ACL checking rather than cooking our own
> 'permission()' function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  include/linux/shmem_fs.h |    2 +-
>  mm/shmem.c               |    6 +++---
>  mm/shmem_acl.c           |   11 +----------
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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