diff -urN -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/buffer.c patched/fs/buffer.c
--- orig/fs/buffer.c	2003-03-10 18:21:44.000000000 -0600
+++ patched/fs/buffer.c	2003-03-10 18:21:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@
 		 */
 		block_invalidatepage(page, 0);
 		unlock_page(page);
-		return -EIO;
+		return 0; /* don't care */
 	}
 
 	/*
diff -urN -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/cifs/file.c patched/fs/cifs/file.c
--- orig/fs/cifs/file.c	2003-03-10 18:21:43.000000000 -0600
+++ patched/fs/cifs/file.c	2003-03-10 18:25:27.000000000 -0600
@@ -428,12 +428,18 @@
 	write_data = kmap(page);
 	write_data += from;
 
-	if((to > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) || (from > to) || (offset > mapping->host->i_size)) {
+	if((to > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) || (from > to)) {
 		kunmap(page);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	/* racing with truncate? */
+	if(offset > mapping->host->i_size) {
+		FreeXid(xid);
+		return 0; /* don't care */
+	}
+
 	/* check to make sure that we are not extending the file */
 	if(mapping->host->i_size - offset < (loff_t)to)
 		to = (unsigned)(mapping->host->i_size - offset); 
diff -urN -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/nfs/write.c patched/fs/nfs/write.c
--- orig/fs/nfs/write.c	2003-03-10 18:21:43.000000000 -0600
+++ patched/fs/nfs/write.c	2003-03-10 18:21:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	unsigned long end_index;
 	unsigned offset = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	int err = -EIO;
+	int err = 0;
 	int flags_save;
 
 	flags_save = current->flags;
diff -urN -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/ntfs/aops.c patched/fs/ntfs/aops.c
--- orig/fs/ntfs/aops.c	2003-03-04 21:29:32.000000000 -0600
+++ patched/fs/ntfs/aops.c	2003-03-10 18:21:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(page->index >= (vi->i_size + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >>
 			PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
 		unlock_page(page);
-		ntfs_debug("Write outside i_size. Returning i/o error.");
-		return -EIO;
+		ntfs_debug("Write outside i_size - truncated?");
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	ni = NTFS_I(vi);
diff -urN -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/reiserfs/inode.c patched/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
--- orig/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	2003-03-10 18:21:43.000000000 -0600
+++ patched/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	2003-03-10 18:21:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -2036,8 +2036,8 @@
         last_offset = inode->i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) ;
 	/* no file contents in this page */
 	if (page->index >= end_index + 1 || !last_offset) {
-	    error =  -EIO ;
-	    goto fail ;
+	    error = 0 ;
+	    goto done ;
 	}
 	kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 	memset(kaddr + last_offset, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-last_offset) ;
diff -urN -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/smbfs/file.c patched/fs/smbfs/file.c
--- orig/fs/smbfs/file.c	2003-03-04 21:29:34.000000000 -0600
+++ patched/fs/smbfs/file.c	2003-03-10 18:21:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	offset = inode->i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
 	/* OK, are we completely out? */
 	if (page->index >= end_index+1 || !offset)
-		return -EIO;
+		return 0; /* truncated - don't care */
 do_it:
 	page_cache_get(page);
 	err = smb_writepage_sync(inode, page, 0, offset);