POSIX ACL configuration option

Nathan


 fs/Config.help                  |    8 ++++
 fs/Config.in                    |    3 +
 include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h |   67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 78 insertions

diff -Naur 2.5.40-pristine/fs/Config.help 2.5.40-posixacl/fs/Config.help
--- 2.5.40-pristine/fs/Config.help	2002-09-18 13:50:18.000000000 +1000
+++ 2.5.40-posixacl/fs/Config.help	2002-10-06 16:47:25.000000000 +1000
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
   need this functionality say Y here. Note that you will need latest
   quota utilities for new quota format with this kernel.
 
+CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
+  POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
+  groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
+
+  Refer to <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for more information about POSIX
+  ACLs on Linux.  If you wish to use ACLs, you'll need the getfacl(1)
+  and setfacl(1) utilities.  If unsure, say N.
+
 CONFIG_MINIX_FS
   Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
   The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
diff -Naur 2.5.40-pristine/fs/Config.in 2.5.40-posixacl/fs/Config.in
--- 2.5.40-pristine/fs/Config.in	2002-09-18 13:50:18.000000000 +1000
+++ 2.5.40-posixacl/fs/Config.in	2002-10-06 16:46:26.000000000 +1000
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 if [ "$CONFIG_QUOTA" = "y" ]; then
    define_bool CONFIG_QUOTACTL y
 fi
+
+bool 'POSIX Access Control Lists' CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
+
 tristate 'Kernel automounter support' CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS
 tristate 'Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)' CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS
 
diff -Naur 2.5.40-pristine/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h 2.5.40-posixacl/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h
--- 2.5.40-pristine/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h	1970-01-01 10:00:00.000000000 +1000
+++ 2.5.40-posixacl/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h	2002-10-06 16:45:06.000000000 +1000
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+  File: linux/posix_acl_xattr.h
+
+  Extended attribute system call representation of Access Control Lists.
+
+  Copyright (C) 2000 by Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]>
+  Copyright (C) 2002 SGI - Silicon Graphics, Inc <[email protected]>
+ */
+#ifndef _POSIX_ACL_XATTR_H
+#define _POSIX_ACL_XATTR_H
+
+/* Extended attribute names */
+#define POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS	"system.posix_acl_access"
+#define POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT	"system.posix_acl_default"
+
+/* Supported ACL a_version fields */
+#define POSIX_ACL_XATTR_VERSION	0x0002
+
+
+/* An undefined entry e_id value */
+#define ACL_UNDEFINED_ID	(-1)
+
+/* ACL entry e_tag field values */
+#define ACL_USER_OBJ		(0x01)
+#define ACL_USER		(0x02)
+#define ACL_GROUP_OBJ		(0x04)
+#define ACL_GROUP		(0x08)
+#define ACL_MASK		(0x10)
+#define ACL_OTHER		(0x20)
+
+/* ACL entry e_perm bitfield values */
+#define ACL_READ		(0x04)
+#define ACL_WRITE		(0x02)
+#define ACL_EXECUTE		(0x01)
+
+
+typedef struct {
+	__u16			e_tag;
+	__u16			e_perm;
+	__u32			e_id;
+} posix_acl_xattr_entry;
+
+typedef struct {
+	__u32			a_version;
+	posix_acl_xattr_entry	a_entries[0];
+} posix_acl_xattr_header;
+
+
+static inline size_t
+posix_acl_xattr_size(int count)
+{
+	return (sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header) +
+		(count * sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry)));
+}
+
+static inline int
+posix_acl_xattr_count(size_t size)
+{
+	if (size < sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header))
+		return -1;
+	size -= sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header);
+	if (size % sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry))
+		return -1;
+	return size / sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry);
+}
+
+#endif	/* _POSIX_ACL_XATTR_H */