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-rw-r--r--fs/Kconfig15
-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c1
-rw-r--r--fs/stack.c5
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 19891aab9c6e..9fe0b349f4cd 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -127,14 +127,21 @@ config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
select TMPFS_XATTR
select GENERIC_ACL
help
- POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
- groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
+ POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support additional access rights
+ for users and groups beyond the standard owner/group/world scheme,
+ and this option selects support for ACLs specifically for tmpfs
+ filesystems.
+
+ If you've selected TMPFS, it's possible that you'll also need
+ this option as there are a number of Linux distros that require
+ POSIX ACL support under /dev for certain features to work properly.
+ For example, some distros need this feature for ALSA-related /dev
+ files for sound to work properly. In short, if you're not sure,
+ say Y.
To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
- If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
-
config TMPFS_XATTR
bool "Tmpfs extended attributes"
depends on TMPFS
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 2347cdb15abb..c83cae19161e 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ relock:
/**
* prune_dcache_sb - shrink the dcache
+ * @sb: superblock
* @nr_to_scan: number of entries to try to free
*
* Attempt to shrink the superblock dcache LRU by @nr_to_scan entries. This is
diff --git a/fs/stack.c b/fs/stack.c
index 4a6f7f440658..b4f2ab48a61f 100644
--- a/fs/stack.c
+++ b/fs/stack.c
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ void fsstack_copy_inode_size(struct inode *dst, struct inode *src)
*
* We don't actually know what locking is used at the lower level;
* but if it's a filesystem that supports quotas, it will be using
- * i_lock as in inode_add_bytes(). tmpfs uses other locking, and
- * its 32-bit is (just) able to exceed 2TB i_size with the aid of
- * holes; but its i_blocks cannot carry into the upper long without
- * almost 2TB swap - let's ignore that case.
+ * i_lock as in inode_add_bytes().
*/
if (sizeof(i_blocks) > sizeof(long))
spin_lock(&src->i_lock);