linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Mark inodes without acls in __ext4

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Message-ID: <176455640538.1349182.13701271074420659485.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2025 11:23:44 -0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Mark inodes without acls in __ext4_iget()


On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:13:41 +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Mark inodes without acls with cache_no_acl() in __ext4_iget() so that
> path lookup can run in RCU mode from the start. This is interesting in
> particular for the case where the file owner does the lookup because in
> that case end up constantly hitting the slow path otherwise. We drop out
> from the fast path (because ACL state is unknown) but never end up calling
> check_acl() to cache ACL state.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: Mark inodes without acls in __ext4_iget()
      commit: 91ef18b567dae84c0cea9b996d933c856e366f52

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>