* by uid/gid. */
int i, j;
- if (pacl->a_count <= 4)
- return; /* no users or groups */
+ /* no users or groups */
+ if (!pacl || pacl->a_count <= 4)
+ return;
+
i = 1;
while (pacl->a_entries[i].e_tag == ACL_USER)
i++;
/*
* ACLs with no ACEs are treated differently in the inheritable
- * and effective cases: when there are no inheritable ACEs, we
- * set a zero-length default posix acl:
+ * and effective cases: when there are no inheritable ACEs,
+ * calls ->set_acl with a NULL ACL structure.
*/
- if (state->empty && (flags & NFS4_ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT)) {
- pacl = posix_acl_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL);
- return pacl ? pacl : ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- }
+ if (state->empty && (flags & NFS4_ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT))
+ return NULL;
+
/*
* When there are no effective ACEs, the following will end
* up setting a 3-element effective posix ACL with all