linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 44/46] nfs: Add richacl support

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:49:17 +0200
From:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
To:	Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@...app.com>
Cc:	Andreas Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@...il.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, xfs@....sgi.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 44/46] nfs: Add richacl support

Anna,

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Anna Schumaker
<Anna.Schumaker@...app.com> wrote:
> I'm not a fan of the "one giant function" approach.  Is there any way to split richacl_from_nfs4_acl() into several smaller functions?

sure, parsing the usr/group identifier could be put in a separate
function, for example.

That function cannot stay as it is right now anyway --- we really need
idmapper to tell us when an identifier string cannot be mapped to a
uid or gid so that we can preserve that identifier.

Thanks,
Andreas
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