It's introduced in commit 420e3646 ("NFS: Reduce the number of unnecessary COMMIT calls") and seems not necessary. CC: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/write.c | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) --- linux-next.orig/fs/nfs/write.c 2010-12-09 12:20:20.000000000 +0800 +++ linux-next/fs/nfs/write.c 2010-12-09 12:20:30.000000000 +0800 @@ -1557,15 +1557,8 @@ static int nfs_commit_unstable_pages(str } ret = nfs_commit_inode(inode, flags); - if (ret >= 0) { - if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) { - if (ret < wbc->nr_to_write) - wbc->nr_to_write -= ret; - else - wbc->nr_to_write = 0; - } + if (ret >= 0) return 0; - } out_mark_dirty: __mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC); return ret; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>