linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -V4 00/11] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability

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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:09:02 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...i.umich.edu>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	sfrench@...ibm.com, ffilz@...ibm.com, agruen@...e.de,
	adilger@....com, sandeen@...hat.com, tytso@....edu,
	jlayton@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeremy Allison <jra@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V4 00/11]  New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl
 interoperability

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:35:07AM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:47:38PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K. V wrote:
> > What we need in the first step is to get VFS changes reviewed.Once we
> > agree on the VFS changes done, then we can start looking at the changes
> > upto NFS richacl nfs support. When get that merged then we can start
> > having discussion on how local file system maintainers want to migrate
> > the existing file system with posixacl to richacl.
> 
> OK.  So, personally: I'm resigned to the idea that we want support for
> this ACL model.  The vfs changes look OK to me (and wouldn't be changed
> by any comments I'd have on the more richacl-specific patches to
> follow).  So that's an ACK from me on the first set of these patches,
> assuming it's OK with people to merge these things one step at a time.

Is there any progress on this?

--b.
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