The exclusive lock is only held when O_CREAT is set. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst index fc3a0704553c..5057e4d9dcd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ getattr: no listxattr: no fiemap: no update_time: no -atomic_open: exclusive +atomic_open: shared (exclusive if O_CREAT is set in open flags) tmpfile: no ============ ============================================= -- 2.21.0