Commit 013cdf1088d7 ("nfs: use generic posix ACL infrastructure for v3 Posix ACLs") introduce a regression for NFSv3 ACL setting. An owner should be able to set an ACL, but the new code tests for ownership in a way that is not reliable for NFSv3. For NFSv3 the only reliable test is to send the request to the server and see if it works. The first patch introduces MAY_ACT_AS_OWNER and relies on the filesystem to do the appropriate ownership test. This touches several filesystems, hence the long 'Cc' list. Following two patches are small code cleanups relating to this. Thanks, NeilBrown --- NeilBrown (3): VFS: introduce MAY_ACT_AS_OWNER VFS: allow MAY_ flags to be easily extended. NFSD - Use MAY_ACT_AS_OWNER fs/afs/security.c | 10 ++++++++++ fs/attr.c | 12 +++++------- fs/coda/dir.c | 10 ++++++++++ fs/fcntl.c | 2 +- fs/fuse/dir.c | 10 ++++++++++ fs/namei.c | 9 +++++++++ fs/nfs/dir.c | 8 ++++++++ fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 11 ++++++----- fs/nfsd/vfs.h | 33 ++++++++++++++++++--------------- fs/posix_acl.c | 2 +- fs/xattr.c | 2 +- include/linux/fs.h | 10 ++++++++++ 12 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) -- Signature