struct posix_acl *acl;
        struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
-               return -ECHILD;
-
        v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
        if (((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) != V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT) ||
                        ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACL_MASK) != V9FS_POSIX_ACL)) {
 
 int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
        int error = -EAGAIN;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
-               if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
-                       error = -ECHILD;
-       } else {
-               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);
-               }
+       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;
 
 {
        struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
-               if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
-                       return -ECHILD;
-               return -EAGAIN;
-       }
-
        acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
 {
        struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
-               if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
-                       return -ECHILD;
-               return -EAGAIN;
-       }
-
        acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
 {
        struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
-               if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
-                       return -ECHILD;
-               return -EAGAIN;
-       }
-
        acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
 int
 generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
-               if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
-                       return -ECHILD;
-       } else {
-               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;
-               }
+       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;
 }
 
        struct posix_acl *acl;
        int error;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
-               if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
-                       return -ECHILD;
-               return -EAGAIN;
-       }
-
        acl = gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
        struct posix_acl *acl;
        int rc;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
-               return -ECHILD;
-
        acl = jffs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
 {
        struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
-               return -ECHILD;
-
        acl = jfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/device_cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
+#include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(putname);
 #endif
 
+static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+{
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+       /*
+        * Under RCU walk, we cannot even do a "get_cached_acl()",
+        * because that involves locking and getting a refcount on
+        * a cached ACL.
+        *
+        * So the only case we handle during RCU walking is the
+        * case of a cached "no ACL at all", which needs no locks
+        * or refcounts.
+        */
+       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
+               if (negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+                       return -EAGAIN;
+               return -ECHILD;
+       }
+
+       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.
+        *
+        * If the filesystem doesn't have a check_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 (acl) {
+               int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
+               posix_acl_release(acl);
+               return error;
+       }
+
+       return -EAGAIN;
+}
+
 /*
  * This does basic POSIX ACL permission checking
  */
 static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-       int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask);
        unsigned int mode = inode->i_mode;
 
        mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC | MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
        if (current_fsuid() == inode->i_uid)
                mode >>= 6;
        else {
-               check_acl = inode->i_op->check_acl;
-               if (IS_POSIXACL(inode) && (mode & S_IRWXG) && check_acl) {
+               if (IS_POSIXACL(inode) && (mode & S_IRWXG)) {
                        int error = check_acl(inode, mask);
                        if (error != -EAGAIN)
                                return error;
 
        struct posix_acl *acl;
        int ret = -EAGAIN;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
-               return -ECHILD;
-
        osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
        if (!(osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL))
                return ret;
 
        /*
         * If there is no attribute fork no ACL exists on this inode and
         * we can skip the whole exercise.
+        *
+        * FIXME! Fill the cache! Locking?
         */
        if (!XFS_IFORK_Q(ip))
                return -EAGAIN;
 
-       if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
-               if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
-                       return -ECHILD;
-               return -EAGAIN;
-       }
-
        acl = xfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);