Subject: Re: nfs_fsync: dirty:
To: None <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@ai.mit.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 08/06/1995 12:39:19
NFS vnodes are not locked, so additional blocks may be added to the
dirty list while fsync() is running.  This was an explicit design
decision by Rick, though I've never been convinced that it was
correct.

Granted, the message is annoying, whether or not it's harmless.