nfsd is not using vfs_fsync, so I missed it when changing the calling convention during the 2.6.32 window. This patch fixes it to not only start the data writeout, but also wait for it to complete before calling into ->fsync. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6/fs/nfsd/vfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/nfsd/vfs.c 2009-12-25 17:21:32.371024157 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/nfsd/vfs.c 2009-12-25 17:31:39.644006085 +0100 @@ -780,12 +780,9 @@ static inline int nfsd_dosync(struct fil int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int); int err; - err = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping); + err = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping); if (err == 0 && fop && (fsync = fop->fsync)) err = fsync(filp, dp, 0); - if (err == 0) - err = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping); - return err; } -- 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