Reported-by: Calvin Owens <jcalvinowens@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
---
 e2fsck/journal.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/e2fsck/journal.c b/e2fsck/journal.c
index 767ea10..69771da 100644
--- a/e2fsck/journal.c
+++ b/e2fsck/journal.c
@@ -372,9 +372,19 @@ static errcode_t e2fsck_get_journal(e2fsck_t ctx, journal_t **ret_journal)
 #ifndef USE_INODE_IO
 	if (ext_journal)
 #endif
-		retval = io_ptr->open(journal_name,
-				      IO_FLAG_RW | IO_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE,
+	{
+		int flags = IO_FLAG_RW;
+		if (!(ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_ISROOT &&
+		      ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY))
+			flags |= IO_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE;
+		if ((ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY) &&
+		    (ctx->options & E2F_OPT_FORCE))
+			flags &= ~IO_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE;
+
+
+		retval = io_ptr->open(journal_name, flags,
 				      &ctx->journal_io);
+	}
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
 
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