@@ -612,3 +612,107 @@ richacl_chmod(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode)
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(richacl_chmod);
+
+/**
+ * richacl_equiv_mode  -  compute the mode equivalent of @acl
+ *
+ * An acl is considered equivalent to a file mode if it only consists of
+ * owner@, group@, and everyone@ entries and the owner@ permissions do not
+ * depend on whether the owner is a member in the owning group.
+ */
+int
+richacl_equiv_mode(const struct richacl *acl, umode_t *mode_p)
+{
+	umode_t mode = *mode_p;
+
+	/*
+	 * The RICHACE_DELETE_CHILD flag is meaningless for non-directories, so
+	 * we ignore it.
+	 */
+	unsigned int x = S_ISDIR(mode) ? 0 : RICHACE_DELETE_CHILD;
+	struct {
+		unsigned int allowed;
+		unsigned int defined;  /* allowed or denied */
+	} owner = {
+		.defined = RICHACE_POSIX_ALWAYS_ALLOWED |
+			   RICHACE_POSIX_OWNER_ALLOWED  | x,
+	}, group = {
+		.defined = RICHACE_POSIX_ALWAYS_ALLOWED | x,
+	}, everyone = {
+		.defined = RICHACE_POSIX_ALWAYS_ALLOWED | x,
+	};
+	const struct richace *ace;
+
+	if (acl->a_flags & ~(RICHACL_WRITE_THROUGH | RICHACL_MASKED))
+		return -1;
+
+	richacl_for_each_entry(ace, acl) {
+		if (ace->e_flags & ~RICHACE_SPECIAL_WHO)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (richace_is_owner(ace) || richace_is_everyone(ace)) {
+			x = ace->e_mask & ~owner.defined;
+			if (richace_is_allow(ace)) {
+				unsigned int group_denied =
+					group.defined & ~group.allowed;
+
+				if (x & group_denied)
+					return -1;
+				owner.allowed |= x;
+			} else /* if (richace_is_deny(ace)) */ {
+				if (x & group.allowed)
+					return -1;
+			}
+			owner.defined |= x;
+
+			if (richace_is_everyone(ace)) {
+				x = ace->e_mask;
+				if (richace_is_allow(ace)) {
+					group.allowed |=
+						x & ~group.defined;
+					everyone.allowed |=
+						x & ~everyone.defined;
+				}
+				group.defined |= x;
+				everyone.defined |= x;
+			}
+		} else if (richace_is_group(ace)) {
+			x = ace->e_mask & ~group.defined;
+			if (richace_is_allow(ace))
+				group.allowed |= x;
+			group.defined |= x;
+		} else
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (group.allowed & ~owner.defined)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (acl->a_flags & RICHACL_MASKED) {
+		if (acl->a_flags & RICHACL_WRITE_THROUGH) {
+			owner.allowed = acl->a_owner_mask;
+			everyone.allowed = acl->a_other_mask;
+		} else {
+			owner.allowed &= acl->a_owner_mask;
+			everyone.allowed &= acl->a_other_mask;
+		}
+		group.allowed &= acl->a_group_mask;
+	}
+
+	mode = (mode & ~S_IRWXUGO) |
+	       (richacl_mask_to_mode(owner.allowed) << 6) |
+	       (richacl_mask_to_mode(group.allowed) << 3) |
+		richacl_mask_to_mode(everyone.allowed);
+
+	/* Mask flags we can ignore */
+	x = S_ISDIR(mode) ? 0 : RICHACE_DELETE_CHILD;
+
+	if (((richacl_mode_to_mask(mode >> 6) ^ owner.allowed)    & ~x) ||
+	    ((richacl_mode_to_mask(mode >> 3) ^ group.allowed)    & ~x) ||
+	    ((richacl_mode_to_mask(mode)      ^ everyone.allowed) & ~x))
+		return -1;
+
+	*mode_p = mode;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_equiv_mode);

@@ -190,5 +190,6 @@ extern unsigned int richacl_mode_to_mask(umode_t);
 extern int richacl_permission(struct inode *, const struct richacl *, int);
 extern void richacl_compute_max_masks(struct richacl *);
 extern int richacl_chmod(struct inode *, umode_t);
+extern int richacl_equiv_mode(const struct richacl *, umode_t *);
 
 #endif /* __RICHACL_H */