From 9cf843e3f47c41440367062e92ab32e59ecb6a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 19:35:16 -0400 Subject: lookup_open(): lock the parent shared unless O_CREAT is given Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- Documentation/filesystems/porting | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/porting') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index 12c57abdaac9..46f3bb7a02f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -575,3 +575,6 @@ in your dentry operations instead. Old method is only used if the new one is absent; eventually it will be removed. Switch while you still can; the old one won't stay. +-- +[mandatory] + ->atomic_open() calls without O_CREAT may happen in parallel. -- cgit v1.2.3