Christoph, > +struct posix_acl *get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type) > +{ > + struct posix_acl *acl; > + > + acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type); > + if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED) > + return acl; > + > + if (!IS_POSIXACL(inode)) > + return NULL; > + > + /* > + * 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 get_acl() function at all, we'll > + * just create the negative cache entry. > + */ > + if (!inode->i_op->get_acl) { > + set_cached_acl(inode, type, NULL); > + return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN); The function should return NULL here. Andreas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html