Hi Jens, one of these is a resend of a patch I sent a while back. The other is new - loop closes files differently from close() and in a way that can confuse NFS. Thanks, NeilBrown --- NeilBrown (2): loop: use filp_close() rather than fput() loop: Add PF_LESS_THROTTLE to block/loop device thread. drivers/block/loop.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) -- Signature