Sorry for not keeping up with your flow of ideas, so chiming in now: > diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c > index c7d1fa526dea..e293eaaed185 100644 > --- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c > @@ -2090,6 +2090,7 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, > if (IS_PRIVATE(dir) || dentry == REISERFS_SB(sb)->priv_root) { > inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE; > inode->i_opflags &= ~IOP_XATTR; > + inode->i_op = &reiserfs_privdir_inode_operations; I wonder if there is any way to set this where reiserfs assigns the other ops. > +const struct inode_operations reiserfs_privdir_inode_operations = { > + .create = reiserfs_create, > + .lookup = reiserfs_lookup, > + .link = reiserfs_link, > + .unlink = reiserfs_unlink, > + .symlink = reiserfs_symlink, > + .mkdir = reiserfs_mkdir, > + .rmdir = reiserfs_rmdir, > + .mknod = reiserfs_mknod, > + .rename = reiserfs_rename, > + .setattr = reiserfs_setattr, > + .permission = reiserfs_permission, > + .fileattr_get = reiserfs_fileattr_get, > + .fileattr_set = reiserfs_fileattr_set, > +}; I suspect many other ops aren't need either, but I really need input from people that known reiserfs better. > + if (likely(!is_bad_inode(inode))) > error = set_posix_acl(mnt_userns, dentry, acl_type, kacl); > else > + error = -EIO; I wonder if the is_bad_inode check should simplify move into get/set_posix_acl. But otherwise this patch looks good.