diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.h b/fs/ext3/acl.h
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+/*
+  File: fs/ext3/acl.h
+
+  (C) 2001 Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
+*/
+
+#include <linux/xattr_acl.h>
+
+#define EXT3_ACL_VERSION	0x0001
+
+typedef struct {
+	__le16		e_tag;
+	__le16		e_perm;
+	__le32		e_id;
+} ext3_acl_entry;
+
+typedef struct {
+	__le16		e_tag;
+	__le16		e_perm;
+} ext3_acl_entry_short;
+
+typedef struct {
+	__le32		a_version;
+} ext3_acl_header;
+
+static inline size_t ext3_acl_size(int count)
+{
+	if (count <= 4) {
+		return sizeof(ext3_acl_header) +
+		       count * sizeof(ext3_acl_entry_short);
+	} else {
+		return sizeof(ext3_acl_header) +
+		       4 * sizeof(ext3_acl_entry_short) +
+		       (count - 4) * sizeof(ext3_acl_entry);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline int ext3_acl_count(size_t size)
+{
+	ssize_t s;
+	size -= sizeof(ext3_acl_header);
+	s = size - 4 * sizeof(ext3_acl_entry_short);
+	if (s < 0) {
+		if (size % sizeof(ext3_acl_entry_short))
+			return -1;
+		return size / sizeof(ext3_acl_entry_short);
+	} else {
+		if (s % sizeof(ext3_acl_entry))
+			return -1;
+		return s / sizeof(ext3_acl_entry) + 4;
+	}
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
+
+/* Value for inode->u.ext3_i.i_acl and inode->u.ext3_i.i_default_acl
+   if the ACL has not been cached */
+#define EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED ((void *)-1)
+
+/* acl.c */
+extern int ext3_permission (struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
+extern int ext3_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
+extern int ext3_init_acl (handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
+
+extern int init_ext3_acl(void);
+extern void exit_ext3_acl(void);
+
+#else  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL */
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#define ext3_permission NULL
+
+static inline int
+ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+ext3_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL */
+