This patch set addresses file locking, NULL pointer checks, and fsync issues that Christoph Hellwig pointed out. There are other remaining issues that Christoph brought up that require more work; we will be sending another patch set to address those issues in the near future. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html