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From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [NFS] [PATCH] mmap corruption
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 13:39:31 -0400
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Trond Myklebust wrote:

>However, I still stand by my statement that nfs_wb_all() is supposed
>to ensure that *all* pending writes have been cleared.
>The only explanation for npages != 0 is if
>
>  a) an error occurred with nfs_wb_all() (we should perhaps test the
>     return value of nfs_wb_all() there). Under normal circumstances,
>     an error should only occur if you're using soft mounts, though.
>
I have checked the return value and its not failing... The would be too 
easy... :-)

SteveD.