diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
+#include "xattr.h"
+#include "acl.h"
+
+static struct posix_acl *__v9fs_get_acl(struct p9_fid *fid, char *name)
+{
+	ssize_t size;
+	void *value = NULL;
+	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;;
+
+	size = v9fs_fid_xattr_get(fid, name, NULL, 0);
+	if (size > 0) {
+		value = kzalloc(size, GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!value)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		size = v9fs_fid_xattr_get(fid, name, value, size);
+		if (size > 0) {
+			acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(value, size);
+			if (IS_ERR(acl))
+				goto err_out;
+		}
+	} else if (size == -ENODATA || size == 0 ||
+		   size == -ENOSYS || size == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		acl = NULL;
+	} else
+		acl = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+
+err_out:
+	kfree(value);
+	return acl;
+}
+
+int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	struct posix_acl *pacl, *dacl;
+
+	/* get the default/access acl values and cache them */
+	dacl = __v9fs_get_acl(fid, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT);
+	pacl = __v9fs_get_acl(fid, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(dacl) && !IS_ERR(pacl)) {
+		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, dacl);
+		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, pacl);
+		posix_acl_release(dacl);
+		posix_acl_release(pacl);
+	} else
+		retval = -EIO;
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static struct posix_acl *v9fs_get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+{
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	/*
+	 * 9p Always cache the acl value when
+	 * instantiating the inode (v9fs_inode_from_fid)
+	 */
+	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
+	BUG_ON(acl == ACL_NOT_CACHED);
+	return acl;
+}
+
+int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+{
+	struct posix_acl *acl = v9fs_get_cached_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;
+}