diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/Makefile b/fs/nfs_common/Makefile
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+#
+# Makefile for Linux filesystem routines that are shared by client and server.
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_ACL_SUPPORT) += nfs_acl.o
+
+nfs_acl-objs := nfsacl.o
diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
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+++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
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+/*
+ * fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
+ */
+
+/*
+ * The Solaris nfsacl protocol represents some ACLs slightly differently
+ * than POSIX 1003.1e draft 17 does (and we do):
+ *
+ *  - Minimal ACLs always have an ACL_MASK entry, so they have
+ *    four instead of three entries.
+ *  - The ACL_MASK entry in such minimal ACLs always has the same
+ *    permissions as the ACL_GROUP_OBJ entry. (In extended ACLs
+ *    the ACL_MASK and ACL_GROUP_OBJ entries may differ.)
+ *  - The identifier fields of the ACL_USER_OBJ and ACL_GROUP_OBJ
+ *    entries contain the identifiers of the owner and owning group.
+ *    (In POSIX ACLs we always set them to ACL_UNDEFINED_ID).
+ *  - ACL entries in the kernel are kept sorted in ascending order
+ *    of (e_tag, e_id). Solaris ACLs are unsorted.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/xdr.h>
+#include <linux/nfsacl.h>
+#include <linux/nfs3.h>
+#include <linux/sort.h>
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nfsacl_encode);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nfsacl_decode);
+
+struct nfsacl_encode_desc {
+	struct xdr_array2_desc desc;
+	unsigned int count;
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	int typeflag;
+	uid_t uid;
+	gid_t gid;
+};
+
+static int
+xdr_nfsace_encode(struct xdr_array2_desc *desc, void *elem)
+{
+	struct nfsacl_encode_desc *nfsacl_desc =
+		(struct nfsacl_encode_desc *) desc;
+	u32 *p = (u32 *) elem;
+
+	if (nfsacl_desc->count < nfsacl_desc->acl->a_count) {
+		struct posix_acl_entry *entry =
+			&nfsacl_desc->acl->a_entries[nfsacl_desc->count++];
+
+		*p++ = htonl(entry->e_tag | nfsacl_desc->typeflag);
+		switch(entry->e_tag) {
+			case ACL_USER_OBJ:
+				*p++ = htonl(nfsacl_desc->uid);
+				break;
+			case ACL_GROUP_OBJ:
+				*p++ = htonl(nfsacl_desc->gid);
+				break;
+			case ACL_USER:
+			case ACL_GROUP:
+				*p++ = htonl(entry->e_id);
+				break;
+			default:  /* Solaris depends on that! */
+				*p++ = 0;
+				break;
+		}
+		*p++ = htonl(entry->e_perm & S_IRWXO);
+	} else {
+		const struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe;
+		int group_obj_perm = ACL_READ|ACL_WRITE|ACL_EXECUTE;
+
+		FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(pa, nfsacl_desc->acl, pe) {
+			if (pa->e_tag == ACL_GROUP_OBJ) {
+				group_obj_perm = pa->e_perm & S_IRWXO;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		/* fake up ACL_MASK entry */
+		*p++ = htonl(ACL_MASK | nfsacl_desc->typeflag);
+		*p++ = htonl(0);
+		*p++ = htonl(group_obj_perm);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+unsigned int
+nfsacl_encode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, struct inode *inode,
+	      struct posix_acl *acl, int encode_entries, int typeflag)
+{
+	int entries = (acl && acl->a_count) ? max_t(int, acl->a_count, 4) : 0;
+	struct nfsacl_encode_desc nfsacl_desc = {
+		.desc = {
+			.elem_size = 12,
+			.array_len = encode_entries ? entries : 0,
+			.xcode = xdr_nfsace_encode,
+		},
+		.acl = acl,
+		.typeflag = typeflag,
+		.uid = inode->i_uid,
+		.gid = inode->i_gid,
+	};
+	int err;
+
+	if (entries > NFS_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES ||
+	    xdr_encode_word(buf, base, entries))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	err = xdr_encode_array2(buf, base + 4, &nfsacl_desc.desc);
+	if (!err)
+		err = 8 + nfsacl_desc.desc.elem_size *
+			  nfsacl_desc.desc.array_len;
+	return err;
+}
+
+struct nfsacl_decode_desc {
+	struct xdr_array2_desc desc;
+	unsigned int count;
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+};
+
+static int
+xdr_nfsace_decode(struct xdr_array2_desc *desc, void *elem)
+{
+	struct nfsacl_decode_desc *nfsacl_desc =
+		(struct nfsacl_decode_desc *) desc;
+	u32 *p = (u32 *) elem;
+	struct posix_acl_entry *entry;
+
+	if (!nfsacl_desc->acl) {
+		if (desc->array_len > NFS_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		nfsacl_desc->acl = posix_acl_alloc(desc->array_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!nfsacl_desc->acl)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		nfsacl_desc->count = 0;
+	}
+
+	entry = &nfsacl_desc->acl->a_entries[nfsacl_desc->count++];
+	entry->e_tag = ntohl(*p++) & ~NFS_ACL_DEFAULT;
+	entry->e_id = ntohl(*p++);
+	entry->e_perm = ntohl(*p++);
+
+	switch(entry->e_tag) {
+		case ACL_USER_OBJ:
+		case ACL_USER:
+		case ACL_GROUP_OBJ:
+		case ACL_GROUP:
+		case ACL_OTHER:
+			if (entry->e_perm & ~S_IRWXO)
+				return -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		case ACL_MASK:
+			/* Solaris sometimes sets additonal bits in the mask */
+			entry->e_perm &= S_IRWXO;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+cmp_acl_entry(const void *x, const void *y)
+{
+	const struct posix_acl_entry *a = x, *b = y;
+
+	if (a->e_tag != b->e_tag)
+		return a->e_tag - b->e_tag;
+	else if (a->e_id > b->e_id)
+		return 1;
+	else if (a->e_id < b->e_id)
+		return -1;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convert from a Solaris ACL to a POSIX 1003.1e draft 17 ACL.
+ */
+static int
+posix_acl_from_nfsacl(struct posix_acl *acl)
+{
+	struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe,
+	       *group_obj = NULL, *mask = NULL;
+
+	if (!acl)
+		return 0;
+
+	sort(acl->a_entries, acl->a_count, sizeof(struct posix_acl_entry),
+	     cmp_acl_entry, NULL);
+
+	/* Clear undefined identifier fields and find the ACL_GROUP_OBJ
+	   and ACL_MASK entries. */
+	FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(pa, acl, pe) {
+		switch(pa->e_tag) {
+			case ACL_USER_OBJ:
+				pa->e_id = ACL_UNDEFINED_ID;
+				break;
+			case ACL_GROUP_OBJ:
+				pa->e_id = ACL_UNDEFINED_ID;
+				group_obj = pa;
+				break;
+			case ACL_MASK:
+				mask = pa;
+				/* fall through */
+			case ACL_OTHER:
+				pa->e_id = ACL_UNDEFINED_ID;
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (acl->a_count == 4 && group_obj && mask &&
+	    mask->e_perm == group_obj->e_perm) {
+		/* remove bogus ACL_MASK entry */
+		memmove(mask, mask+1, (3 - (mask - acl->a_entries)) *
+				      sizeof(struct posix_acl_entry));
+		acl->a_count = 3;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+unsigned int
+nfsacl_decode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, unsigned int *aclcnt,
+	      struct posix_acl **pacl)
+{
+	struct nfsacl_decode_desc nfsacl_desc = {
+		.desc = {
+			.elem_size = 12,
+			.xcode = pacl ? xdr_nfsace_decode : NULL,
+		},
+	};
+	u32 entries;
+	int err;
+
+	if (xdr_decode_word(buf, base, &entries) ||
+	    entries > NFS_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	err = xdr_decode_array2(buf, base + 4, &nfsacl_desc.desc);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	if (pacl) {
+		if (entries != nfsacl_desc.desc.array_len ||
+		    posix_acl_from_nfsacl(nfsacl_desc.acl) != 0) {
+			posix_acl_release(nfsacl_desc.acl);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		*pacl = nfsacl_desc.acl;
+	}
+	if (aclcnt)
+		*aclcnt = entries;
+	return 8 + nfsacl_desc.desc.elem_size *
+		   nfsacl_desc.desc.array_len;
+}