From: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> flock(2)-type locks are advisory, they are not supposed to prevent IO if mode would otherwise allow it. From man page: flock() places advisory locks only; given suitable permissions on a file, a process is free to ignore the use of flock() and perform I/O on the file. Simple reproducer: #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <errno.h> #include <sys/file.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/wait.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(int argc, char** argv) { const char* fn = argv[1] ? argv[1] : "aaa"; int fd, status, rc; pid_t pid; fd = open(fn, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, S_IRWXU); pid = fork(); if (pid == 0) { flock(fd, LOCK_SH); exit(0); } waitpid(pid, &status, 0); rc = write(fd, "xxx\n", 4); if (rc < 0) { perror("write"); return 1; } puts("ok"); return 0; } If the locks are advisory the write() call is supposed to work otherwise we are trying to write with only a read lock (aka shared lock) so it fails. Signed-off-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/file.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c index 6d001905c8e5..3e351a534720 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/file.c +++ b/fs/cifs/file.c @@ -3242,6 +3242,7 @@ cifs_writev(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from) struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(inode); struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tlink_tcon(cfile->tlink)->ses->server; + struct cifsLockInfo *lock; ssize_t rc; inode_lock(inode); @@ -3257,7 +3258,7 @@ cifs_writev(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from) if (!cifs_find_lock_conflict(cfile, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from), server->vals->exclusive_lock_type, 0, - NULL, CIFS_WRITE_OP)) + &lock, CIFS_WRITE_OP) || (lock->flags & FL_FLOCK)) rc = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from); else rc = -EACCES; @@ -3975,6 +3976,7 @@ cifs_strict_readv(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to) struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = (struct cifsFileInfo *) iocb->ki_filp->private_data; struct cifs_tcon *tcon = tlink_tcon(cfile->tlink); + struct cifsLockInfo *lock; int rc = -EACCES; /* @@ -4000,7 +4002,7 @@ cifs_strict_readv(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to) down_read(&cinode->lock_sem); if (!cifs_find_lock_conflict(cfile, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(to), tcon->ses->server->vals->shared_lock_type, - 0, NULL, CIFS_READ_OP)) + 0, &lock, CIFS_READ_OP) || (lock->flags & FL_FLOCK)) rc = generic_file_read_iter(iocb, to); up_read(&cinode->lock_sem); return rc; -- 2.30.0