> > Hmm, but does that result in examining the whole ACL for most access > checks, at least for files where most of the accesses are by the owner, or a > member of a specific group (with perhaps a ton of special case users added > on the end)? > > I don't understand -- what does this algorithm have to do with access checks? Oh, sorry, misread the patch... got caught up looking at a tree and not seeing the forest... Frank --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html