We don't know if the error returned by the fsync() call is exclusive to the data written by the stable write, so play it safe. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c index 218b8293c633..38db4a083375 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c @@ -994,8 +994,11 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf, host_err = vfs_iter_write(file, &iter, &pos, flags); up_read(&nf->nf_rwsem); } - if (host_err < 0) + if (host_err < 0) { + nfsd_reset_boot_verifier(net_generic(SVC_NET(rqstp), + nfsd_net_id)); goto out_nfserr; + } *cnt = host_err; nfsdstats.io_write += *cnt; fsnotify_modify(file); -- 2.24.1