diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index ca7e252..7e46991 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
 	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
-	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+	int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 truncate:	yes		(see below)
 setattr:	yes
 permission:	no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode)
-check_acl:	no
+get_acl:	no
 getattr:	no
 setxattr:	yes
 getxattr:	no
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 7f8861d..b4a3d76 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -407,10 +407,11 @@
 
 --
 [mandatory]
-	->permission(), generic_permission() and ->check_acl() have lost flags
+	->permission() and generic_permission()have lost flags
 argument; instead of passing IPERM_FLAG_RCU we add MAY_NOT_BLOCK into mask.
-	generic_permission() has also lost the check_acl argument; if you want
-non-NULL to be used for that inode, put it into ->i_op->check_acl.
+	generic_permission() has also lost the check_acl argument; ACL checking
+has been taken to VFS and filesystems need to provide a non-NULL ->i_op->get_acl
+to read an ACL from disk.
 
 --
 [mandatory]
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index eff6617..52d8fb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
 	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
-	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+	int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index 075bc90..814be07 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 	return acl;
 }
 
-int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
@@ -108,18 +108,10 @@
 		 * On access = client  and acl = on mode get the acl
 		 * values from the server
 		 */
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	return v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, type);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
 static int v9fs_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.h b/fs/9p/acl.h
index 3eba10f..ddb7ae1 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.h
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.h
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
 extern int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *);
-extern int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct dentry *);
 extern int v9fs_set_create_acl(struct dentry *,
 			       struct posix_acl **, struct posix_acl **);
 extern int v9fs_acl_mode(struct inode *dir, mode_t *modep,
 			 struct posix_acl **dpacl, struct posix_acl **pacl);
 #else
-#define v9fs_check_acl NULL
+#define v9fs_iop_get_acl NULL
 static inline int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 803f59f..9d808d0 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@
 	.getxattr = generic_getxattr,
 	.removexattr = generic_removexattr,
 	.listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
-	.check_acl = v9fs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl = {
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@
 	.getxattr = generic_getxattr,
 	.removexattr = generic_removexattr,
 	.listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
-	.check_acl = v9fs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations_dotl = {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 9508ad1..65a735d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-static struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int size;
 	const char *name;
@@ -195,22 +195,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	int error = -EAGAIN;
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = btrfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-	}
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 /*
  * btrfs_init_acl is already generally called under fs_mutex, so the locking
  * stuff has been fixed to work with that.  If the locking stuff changes, we
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 82be74e..fe9287b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2645,9 +2645,9 @@
 
 /* acl.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 #else
-#define btrfs_check_acl NULL
+#define btrfs_get_acl NULL
 #endif
 int btrfs_init_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		   struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 2548a04..e91b097 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7351,12 +7351,12 @@
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_ro_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= btrfs_lookup,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations btrfs_dir_file_operations = {
@@ -7425,7 +7425,7 @@
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
 	.fiemap		= btrfs_fiemap,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr	= btrfs_getattr,
@@ -7435,7 +7435,7 @@
 	.getxattr	= btrfs_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
@@ -7447,7 +7447,7 @@
 	.getxattr	= btrfs_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
-	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= btrfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct dentry_operations btrfs_dentry_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index ba99fa4..52c0537 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 /*
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -231,23 +231,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext2_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.h b/fs/ext2/acl.h
index 3ff6cbb..5c0a6a4 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext2_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern struct posix_acl *ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext2_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_init_acl (struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext2_check_acl	NULL
+#define ext2_get_acl	NULL
 #define ext2_get_acl	NULL
 #define ext2_set_acl	NULL
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 82e0632..a5b3a5d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= ext2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext2_fiemap,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index d60b709..761fde8 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= ext2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -419,5 +419,5 @@
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= ext2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index a9fdd77..6c29bf0 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
  *
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -239,23 +239,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext3_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.h b/fs/ext3/acl.h
index 5973346..dbc921e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext3_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern struct posix_acl *ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext3_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext3_init_acl (handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext3_check_acl NULL
+#define ext3_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index f55df0e..2be5b99 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	.listxattr	= ext3_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext3_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext3_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index c095cf5..3b57230 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@
 	.listxattr	= ext3_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext3_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext3_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -2540,5 +2540,5 @@
 	.listxattr	= ext3_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext3_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext3_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 7b094d1..dca2d1d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
  *
  * inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	int name_index;
@@ -237,23 +237,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-ext4_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. Called from ext4_new_inode.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h
index 9d843d5..18cb39e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext4_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
 #else  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#define ext4_check_acl NULL
+#define ext4_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int
 ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index ce766f9..e4095e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext4_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 707d605..8c9baba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext4_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 	.fiemap         = ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
@@ -2602,5 +2602,5 @@
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
-	.check_acl	= ext4_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index ea19ca4..d5e33a0 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -172,20 +172,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler = {
 	.prefix = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index a2dd63c..884c9af 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -67,30 +67,9 @@
 	return acl;
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_check_acl - Check an ACL to see if we're allowed to do something
- * @inode: the file we want to do something to
- * @mask: what we want to do
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *gfs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error;
-
-	acl = gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-
-	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
+	return gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), type);
 }
 
 static int gfs2_set_mode(struct inode *inode, mode_t mode)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.h b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
index b522b0c..0da38dc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define GFS2_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT		"posix_acl_default"
 #define GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES		25
 
-extern int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern struct posix_acl *gfs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int gfs2_acl_create(struct gfs2_inode *dip, struct inode *inode);
 extern int gfs2_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr);
 extern const struct xattr_handler gfs2_xattr_system_handler;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 0fb51a9..900cf98 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
@@ -1882,6 +1882,6 @@
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = gfs2_get_acl,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 5783ed8..27c511a 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
-static struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	char *value = NULL;
@@ -259,22 +259,6 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int rc;
-
-	acl = jffs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		rc = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return rc;
-	}
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *dir_i, struct inode *inode, mode_t *i_mode)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.h b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
index 9973073..b3421c7 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-extern int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *jffs2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int jffs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *, struct inode *, mode_t *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_post(struct inode *);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #else
 
-#define jffs2_check_acl				(NULL)
+#define jffs2_get_acl				(NULL)
 #define jffs2_acl_chmod(inode)			(0)
 #define jffs2_init_acl_pre(dir_i,inode,mode)	(0)
 #define jffs2_init_acl_post(inode)		(0)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 5f243cd..9659b7c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	.rmdir =	jffs2_rmdir,
 	.mknod =	jffs2_mknod,
 	.rename =	jffs2_rename,
-	.check_acl =	jffs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl =	jffs2_get_acl,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index 3989f7e..61e6723 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 const struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations =
 {
-	.check_acl =	jffs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl =	jffs2_get_acl,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index b955626..e3035af 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 {
 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
-	.check_acl =	jffs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl =	jffs2_get_acl,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/acl.c b/fs/jfs/acl.c
index 687a1ae..b3a32ca 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/acl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "jfs_xattr.h"
 #include "jfs_acl.h"
 
-static struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	char *ea_name;
@@ -114,22 +114,6 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = jfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
-}
-
 int jfs_init_acl(tid_t tid, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 7527855..844f946 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 	.removexattr	= jfs_removexattr,
 	.setattr	= jfs_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
-	.check_acl	= jfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= jfs_get_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
index 54e0755..ad84fe5 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *jfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 int jfs_init_acl(tid_t, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int jfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 03787ef..29b1f1a 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@
 	.removexattr	= jfs_removexattr,
 	.setattr	= jfs_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
-	.check_acl	= jfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= jfs_get_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 120efc7..ec2e565 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -196,20 +196,22 @@
 	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 
 	/*
-	 * A filesystem can force a ACL callback by just never
-	 * filling the ACL cache. But normally you'd fill the
-	 * cache either at inode instantiation time, or on the
-	 * first ->check_acl call.
+	 * A filesystem can force a ACL callback by just never filling the
+	 * ACL cache. But normally you'd fill the cache either at inode
+	 * instantiation time, or on the first ->get_acl call.
 	 *
-	 * If the filesystem doesn't have a check_acl() function
-	 * at all, we'll just create the negative cache entry.
+	 * If the filesystem doesn't have a get_acl() function at all, we'll
+	 * just create the negative cache entry.
 	 */
 	if (acl == ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
-	        if (inode->i_op->check_acl)
-	                return inode->i_op->check_acl(inode, mask);
-
-	        set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, NULL);
-	        return -EAGAIN;
+	        if (inode->i_op->get_acl) {
+			acl = inode->i_op->get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+			if (IS_ERR(acl))
+				return PTR_ERR(acl);
+		} else {
+		        set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, NULL);
+		        return -EAGAIN;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (acl) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 480200e..783c58d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+struct posix_acl *ocfs2_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
@@ -299,29 +299,17 @@
 
 	osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	if (!(osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL))
-		return ret;
+		return NULL;
 
 	ret = ocfs2_read_inode_block(inode, &di_bh);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
-	acl = ocfs2_get_acl_nolock(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, di_bh);
+	acl = ocfs2_get_acl_nolock(inode, type, di_bh);
 
 	brelse(di_bh);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
-		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(acl));
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	}
-	if (acl) {
-		ret = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	return -EAGAIN;
+	return acl;
 }
 
 int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
index 5c5d31f..071fbd38 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	__le32 e_id;
 };
 
-extern int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+struct posix_acl *ocfs2_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int ocfs2_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *,
 			  struct buffer_head *, struct buffer_head *,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 0fc2bd3..de4ea1a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2600,14 +2600,14 @@
 	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.fiemap		= ocfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl	= ocfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ocfs2_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops = {
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.permission	= ocfs2_permission,
-	.check_acl	= ocfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ocfs2_iop_get_acl,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 33889dc..53aa41e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2498,5 +2498,5 @@
 	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.fiemap         = ocfs2_fiemap,
-	.check_acl	= ocfs2_check_acl,
+	.get_acl	= ocfs2_iop_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 0dd0266..a6227d2 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_valid);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_equiv_mode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_from_mode);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_permission);
 
 /*
  * Init a fresh posix_acl
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index c7156dc..ace6350 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -319,5 +319,5 @@
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
-	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 551f1b7..ef39232 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
-	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
-	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 
 };
 
@@ -1560,5 +1560,5 @@
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
-	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl = reiserfs_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 7ba083e..6bc346c 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -867,24 +867,6 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error = -EAGAIN; /* do regular unix permission checks by default */
-
-	acl = reiserfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-
-	if (acl) {
-		if (!IS_ERR(acl)) {
-			error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-			posix_acl_release(acl);
-		} else if (PTR_ERR(acl) != -ENODATA)
-			error = PTR_ERR(acl);
-	}
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 static int create_privroot(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
index 2827bbd..44ce516 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 	if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
 		return acl;
 
+	trace_xfs_get_acl(ip);
+
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		ea_name = SGI_ACL_FILE;
@@ -218,25 +220,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	int error = -EAGAIN;
-
-	trace_xfs_check_acl(XFS_I(inode));
-
-	acl = xfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-	}
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 static int
 xfs_set_mode(struct inode *inode, mode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 77463dd..6544c32 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations = {
-	.check_acl		= xfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl		= xfs_get_acl,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
 	.setattr		= xfs_vn_setattr,
 	.setxattr		= generic_setxattr,
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
 	.rmdir			= xfs_vn_unlink,
 	.mknod			= xfs_vn_mknod,
 	.rename			= xfs_vn_rename,
-	.check_acl		= xfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl		= xfs_get_acl,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
 	.setattr		= xfs_vn_setattr,
 	.setxattr		= generic_setxattr,
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@
 	.rmdir			= xfs_vn_unlink,
 	.mknod			= xfs_vn_mknod,
 	.rename			= xfs_vn_rename,
-	.check_acl		= xfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl		= xfs_get_acl,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
 	.setattr		= xfs_vn_setattr,
 	.setxattr		= generic_setxattr,
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@
 	.readlink		= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link		= xfs_vn_follow_link,
 	.put_link		= xfs_vn_put_link,
-	.check_acl		= xfs_check_acl,
+	.get_acl		= xfs_get_acl,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
 	.setattr		= xfs_vn_setattr,
 	.setxattr		= generic_setxattr,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
index fda0708..690fc7a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_free_file_space);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_readdir);
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
-DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_check_acl);
+DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_get_acl);
 #endif
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_vm_bmap);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_file_ioctl);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
index 0135e2a..2c656ef 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #define SGI_ACL_DEFAULT_SIZE	(sizeof(SGI_ACL_DEFAULT)-1)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
-extern int xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 extern struct posix_acl *xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int xfs_inherit_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *default_acl);
 extern int xfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@
 extern const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_access_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_default_handler;
 #else
-# define xfs_check_acl					NULL
 # define xfs_get_acl(inode, type)			NULL
 # define xfs_inherit_acl(inode, default_acl)		0
 # define xfs_acl_chmod(inode)				0
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7a757a4..12f84b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 	void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
-	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+	struct posix_acl * (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 
 	int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
 	void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
diff --git a/include/linux/generic_acl.h b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
index 574bea4..b6d6575 100644
--- a/include/linux/generic_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@
 
 int generic_acl_init(struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
-int generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 #endif /* LINUX_GENERIC_ACL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
index 3fd8c45..f096b80 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@
 #else
 
 #define reiserfs_cache_default_acl(inode) 0
-
-static inline struct posix_acl *reiserfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
+#define reiserfs_get_acl NULL
 
 static inline int reiserfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index 57958c0..c2b7147 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 #define has_xattr_dir(inode) (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir)
-int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 ssize_t reiserfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			  void *buffer, size_t size);
 int reiserfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@
 #define reiserfs_setxattr NULL
 #define reiserfs_listxattr NULL
 #define reiserfs_removexattr NULL
-#define reiserfs_check_acl NULL
 
 static inline void reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index fcedf54..3e51979 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2715,10 +2715,6 @@
 	.listxattr	= shmem_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= shmem_removexattr,
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
-	.check_acl	= generic_check_acl,
-#endif
-
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations = {
@@ -2741,7 +2737,6 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
 	.setattr	= shmem_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= generic_check_acl,
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -2754,7 +2749,6 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
 	.setattr	= shmem_setattr,
-	.check_acl	= generic_check_acl,
 #endif
 };