fs/ext4/acl.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/fs/ext4/acl.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
fs/ext4/acl.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 6841 bytes
- Lines
- 305
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- VFS And Filesystem Core
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Allocates kernel memory; connect allocation flags and lifetime to context constraints.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/quotaops.hext4_jbd2.hext4.hxattr.hacl.h
Detected Declarations
function Copyrightfunction ext4_acl_to_diskfunction get_posix_aclfunction __ext4_set_aclfunction ext4_set_aclfunction ext4_init_acl
Annotated Snippet
switch (acl->a_entries[n].e_tag) {
case ACL_USER_OBJ:
case ACL_GROUP_OBJ:
case ACL_MASK:
case ACL_OTHER:
value = (char *)value +
sizeof(ext4_acl_entry_short);
break;
case ACL_USER:
value = (char *)value + sizeof(ext4_acl_entry);
if ((char *)value > end)
goto fail;
acl->a_entries[n].e_uid =
make_kuid(&init_user_ns,
le32_to_cpu(entry->e_id));
break;
case ACL_GROUP:
value = (char *)value + sizeof(ext4_acl_entry);
if ((char *)value > end)
goto fail;
acl->a_entries[n].e_gid =
make_kgid(&init_user_ns,
le32_to_cpu(entry->e_id));
break;
default:
goto fail;
}
}
if (value != end)
goto fail;
return acl;
fail:
posix_acl_release(acl);
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
/*
* Convert from in-memory to filesystem representation.
*/
static void *
ext4_acl_to_disk(const struct posix_acl *acl, size_t *size)
{
ext4_acl_header *ext_acl;
char *e;
size_t n;
*size = ext4_acl_size(acl->a_count);
ext_acl = kmalloc(sizeof(ext4_acl_header) + acl->a_count *
sizeof(ext4_acl_entry), GFP_NOFS);
if (!ext_acl)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
ext_acl->a_version = cpu_to_le32(EXT4_ACL_VERSION);
e = (char *)ext_acl + sizeof(ext4_acl_header);
for (n = 0; n < acl->a_count; n++) {
const struct posix_acl_entry *acl_e = &acl->a_entries[n];
ext4_acl_entry *entry = (ext4_acl_entry *)e;
entry->e_tag = cpu_to_le16(acl_e->e_tag);
entry->e_perm = cpu_to_le16(acl_e->e_perm);
switch (acl_e->e_tag) {
case ACL_USER:
entry->e_id = cpu_to_le32(
from_kuid(&init_user_ns, acl_e->e_uid));
e += sizeof(ext4_acl_entry);
break;
case ACL_GROUP:
entry->e_id = cpu_to_le32(
from_kgid(&init_user_ns, acl_e->e_gid));
e += sizeof(ext4_acl_entry);
break;
case ACL_USER_OBJ:
case ACL_GROUP_OBJ:
case ACL_MASK:
case ACL_OTHER:
e += sizeof(ext4_acl_entry_short);
break;
default:
goto fail;
}
}
return (char *)ext_acl;
fail:
kfree(ext_acl);
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/quotaops.h`, `ext4_jbd2.h`, `ext4.h`, `xattr.h`, `acl.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function Copyright`, `function ext4_acl_to_disk`, `function get_posix_acl`, `function __ext4_set_acl`, `function ext4_set_acl`, `function ext4_init_acl`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / VFS And Filesystem Core.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.