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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst index ed148919e11a..0ca479dbb1cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst @@ -551,9 +551,8 @@ mutex or just to use i_size_read() instead. Note: this does not protect the file->f_pos against concurrent modifications since this is something the userspace has to take care about. -->iterate() is called with i_rwsem exclusive. - -->iterate_shared() is called with i_rwsem at least shared. +->iterate_shared() is called with i_rwsem held for reading, and with the +file f_pos_lock held exclusively ->fasync() is responsible for maintaining the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags. Most instances call fasync_helper(), which does that maintenance, so it's |