include/uapi/linux/posix_acl.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/uapi/linux/posix_acl.h

Extension

.h

Size

1254 bytes

Lines

41

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Core Kernel Interface

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.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• No C-style include directives detected by the generator.

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef __UAPI_POSIX_ACL_H
#define __UAPI_POSIX_ACL_H

#define ACL_UNDEFINED_ID	(-1)

/* a_type field in acl_user_posix_entry_t */
#define ACL_TYPE_ACCESS		(0x8000)
#define ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT	(0x4000)

/* e_tag entry in struct posix_acl_entry */
#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)

/* permissions in the e_perm field */
#define ACL_READ		(0x04)
#define ACL_WRITE		(0x02)
#define ACL_EXECUTE		(0x01)

#endif  /* __UAPI_POSIX_ACL_H */

Annotation

• Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
• 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.