p9pdu_reset(req->tc);
        p9pdu_reset(req->rc);
 
-       req->flush_tag = 0;
        req->tc->tag = tag-1;
        req->status = REQ_STATUS_ALLOC;
 
  */
 void p9_client_cb(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req)
 {
-       struct p9_req_t *other_req;
-       unsigned long flags;
-
        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, " tag %d\n", req->tc->tag);
-
-       if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_ERROR)
-               wake_up(req->wq);
-
-       if (req->flush_tag) {                   /* flush receive path */
-               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RFLUSH %d\n", req->tc->tag);
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&c->lock, flags);
-               other_req = p9_tag_lookup(c, req->flush_tag);
-               if (other_req->status != REQ_STATUS_FLSH) /* stale flush */
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&c->lock, flags);
-               else {
-                       other_req->status = REQ_STATUS_FLSHD;
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&c->lock, flags);
-                       wake_up(other_req->wq);
-               }
-               p9_free_req(c, req);
-       } else {                                /* normal receive path */
-               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "normal: tag %d\n", req->tc->tag);
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&c->lock, flags);
-               if (req->status != REQ_STATUS_FLSHD)
-                       req->status = REQ_STATUS_RCVD;
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&c->lock, flags);
-               wake_up(req->wq);
-               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "wakeup: %d\n", req->tc->tag);
-       }
+       wake_up(req->wq);
+       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "wakeup: %d\n", req->tc->tag);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_cb);
 
        if (IS_ERR(req))
                return PTR_ERR(req);
 
-       req->flush_tag = oldtag;
 
-       /* we don't free anything here because RPC isn't complete */
+       /* if we haven't received a response for oldreq,
+          remove it from the list. */
+       spin_lock(&c->lock);
+       if (oldreq->status == REQ_STATUS_FLSH)
+               list_del(&oldreq->req_list);
+       spin_unlock(&c->lock);
+
+       p9_free_req(c, req);
        return 0;
 }
 
        struct p9_req_t *req;
        unsigned long flags;
        int sigpending;
-       int flushed = 0;
 
        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "client %p op %d\n", c, type);
 
                goto reterr;
        }
 
-       /* if it was a flush we just transmitted, return our tag */
-       if (type == P9_TFLUSH)
-               return req;
-again:
        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "wait %p tag: %d\n", req->wq, tag);
        err = wait_event_interruptible(*req->wq,
                                                req->status >= REQ_STATUS_RCVD);
-       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "wait %p tag: %d returned %d (flushed=%d)\n",
-                                               req->wq, tag, err, flushed);
+       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "wait %p tag: %d returned %d\n",
+                                               req->wq, tag, err);
 
        if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_ERROR) {
                P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "req_status error %d\n", req->t_err);
                err = req->t_err;
-       } else if (err == -ERESTARTSYS && flushed) {
-               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "flushed - going again\n");
-               goto again;
-       } else if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_FLSHD) {
-               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "flushed - erestartsys\n");
-               err = -ERESTARTSYS;
        }
 
-       if ((err == -ERESTARTSYS) && (c->status == Connected) && (!flushed)) {
+       if ((err == -ERESTARTSYS) && (c->status == Connected)) {
                P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "flushing\n");
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&c->lock, flags);
-               if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_SENT)
-                       req->status = REQ_STATUS_FLSH;
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&c->lock, flags);
                sigpending = 1;
-               flushed = 1;
                clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
 
-               if (c->trans_mod->cancel(c, req)) {
-                       err = p9_client_flush(c, req);
-                       if (err == 0)
-                               goto again;
-               }
+               if (c->trans_mod->cancel(c, req))
+                       p9_client_flush(c, req);
+
+               /* if we received the response anyway, don't signal error */
+               if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_RCVD)
+                       err = 0;
        }
 
        if (sigpending) {
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->client->lock, flags);
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(req, rtmp, &cancel_list, req_list) {
-               list_del(&req->req_list);
                P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "call back req %p\n", req);
+               list_del(&req->req_list);
                p9_client_cb(m->client, req);
        }
 }
                        "mux %p pkt: size: %d bytes tag: %d\n", m, n, tag);
 
                m->req = p9_tag_lookup(m->client, tag);
-               if (!m->req) {
+               if (!m->req || (m->req->status != REQ_STATUS_SENT &&
+                                       m->req->status != REQ_STATUS_FLSH)) {
                        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "Unexpected packet tag %d\n",
                                                                 tag);
                        err = -EIO;
        if ((m->req) && (m->rpos == m->rsize)) { /* packet is read in */
                P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "got new packet\n");
                spin_lock(&m->client->lock);
+               if (m->req->status != REQ_STATUS_ERROR)
+                       m->req->status = REQ_STATUS_RCVD;
                list_del(&m->req->req_list);
                spin_unlock(&m->client->lock);
                p9_client_cb(m->client, m->req);
-
                m->rbuf = NULL;
                m->rpos = 0;
                m->rsize = 0;
                req = list_entry(m->unsent_req_list.next, struct p9_req_t,
                               req_list);
                req->status = REQ_STATUS_SENT;
+               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "move req %p\n", req);
                list_move_tail(&req->req_list, &m->req_list);
 
                m->wbuf = req->tc->sdata;
        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "client %p req %p\n", client, req);
 
        spin_lock(&client->lock);
-       list_del(&req->req_list);
 
        if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_UNSENT) {
+               list_del(&req->req_list);
                req->status = REQ_STATUS_FLSHD;
                ret = 0;
-       }
+       } else if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_SENT)
+               req->status = REQ_STATUS_FLSH;
 
        spin_unlock(&client->lock);