pnfs_generic_pg_init_read(pgio, req);
 }
 
-static bool
+/*
+ * Return 0 if @req cannot be coalesced into @pgio, otherwise return the number
+ * of bytes (maximum @req->wb_bytes) that can be coalesced.
+ */
+static size_t
 bl_pg_test_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
                struct nfs_page *req)
 {
        if (pgio->pg_dreq != NULL &&
            !is_aligned_req(req, SECTOR_SIZE))
-               return false;
+               return 0;
 
        return pnfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req);
 }
        }
 }
 
-static bool
+/*
+ * Return 0 if @req cannot be coalesced into @pgio, otherwise return the number
+ * of bytes (maximum @req->wb_bytes) that can be coalesced.
+ */
+static size_t
 bl_pg_test_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
                 struct nfs_page *req)
 {
        if (pgio->pg_dreq != NULL &&
            !is_aligned_req(req, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE))
-               return false;
+               return 0;
 
        return pnfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req);
 }
 
 /*
  * filelayout_pg_test(). Called by nfs_can_coalesce_requests()
  *
- * return true  : coalesce page
- * return false : don't coalesce page
+ * Return 0 if @req cannot be coalesced into @pgio, otherwise return the number
+ * of bytes (maximum @req->wb_bytes) that can be coalesced.
  */
-static bool
+static size_t
 filelayout_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
                   struct nfs_page *req)
 {
 
        if (!pnfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req) ||
            !nfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req))
-               return false;
+               return 0;
 
        p_stripe = (u64)req_offset(prev);
        r_stripe = (u64)req_offset(req);
        do_div(p_stripe, stripe_unit);
        do_div(r_stripe, stripe_unit);
 
-       return (p_stripe == r_stripe);
+       if (p_stripe == r_stripe)
+               return req->wb_bytes;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static bool objio_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+/*
+ * Return 0 if @req cannot be coalesced into @pgio, otherwise return the number
+ * of bytes (maximum @req->wb_bytes) that can be coalesced.
+ */
+static size_t objio_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
                          struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-       if (!pnfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req))
-               return false;
+       if (!pnfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req) ||
+           pgio->pg_count + req->wb_bytes >
+           (unsigned long)pgio->pg_layout_private)
+               return 0;
 
-       return pgio->pg_count + req->wb_bytes <=
-                       (unsigned long)pgio->pg_layout_private;
+       return req->wb_bytes;
 }
 
 static void objio_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *req)
 
                        TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
-bool nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc, struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req)
+/*
+ * nfs_generic_pg_test - determine if requests can be coalesced
+ * @desc: pointer to descriptor
+ * @prev: previous request in desc, or NULL
+ * @req: this request
+ *
+ * Returns zero if @req can be coalesced into @desc, otherwise it returns
+ * the size of the request.
+ */
+size_t nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
+                          struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req)
 {
        /*
         * FIXME: ideally we should be able to coalesce all requests
        if (desc->pg_bsize < PAGE_SIZE)
                return 0;
 
-       return desc->pg_count + req->wb_bytes <= desc->pg_bsize;
+       if (desc->pg_count + req->wb_bytes <= desc->pg_bsize)
+               return req->wb_bytes;
+       return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_generic_pg_test);
 
                                      struct nfs_page *req,
                                      struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio)
 {
+       size_t size;
+
        if (!nfs_match_open_context(req->wb_context, prev->wb_context))
                return false;
        if (req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode->i_flock != NULL &&
                return false;
        if (req_offset(req) != req_offset(prev) + prev->wb_bytes)
                return false;
-       return pgio->pg_ops->pg_test(pgio, prev, req);
+       size = pgio->pg_ops->pg_test(pgio, prev, req);
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(size && size != req->wb_bytes);
+       return size > 0;
 }
 
 /**
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_generic_pg_init_write);
 
-bool
+/*
+ * Return 0 if @req cannot be coalesced into @pgio, otherwise return the number
+ * of bytes (maximum @req->wb_bytes) that can be coalesced.
+ */
+size_t
 pnfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
                     struct nfs_page *req)
 {
         * first byte that lies outside the pnfs_layout_range. FIXME?
         *
         */
-       return req_offset(req) < end_offset(pgio->pg_lseg->pls_range.offset,
-                                        pgio->pg_lseg->pls_range.length);
+       if (req_offset(req) < end_offset(pgio->pg_lseg->pls_range.offset,
+                                        pgio->pg_lseg->pls_range.length))
+               return req->wb_bytes;
+       return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_generic_pg_test);
 
 
 void pnfs_generic_pg_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
                                struct nfs_page *req, u64 wb_size);
 int pnfs_generic_pg_writepages(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
-bool pnfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req);
+size_t pnfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+                           struct nfs_page *prev, struct nfs_page *req);
 void pnfs_set_lo_fail(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
 struct pnfs_layout_segment *pnfs_layout_process(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp);
 void pnfs_free_lseg_list(struct list_head *tmp_list);
 
 struct nfs_pageio_descriptor;
 struct nfs_pageio_ops {
        void    (*pg_init)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_page *);
-       bool    (*pg_test)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_page *, struct nfs_page *);
+       size_t  (*pg_test)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_page *,
+                          struct nfs_page *);
        int     (*pg_doio)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *);
 };
 
                                   struct nfs_page *);
 extern void nfs_pageio_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
 extern void nfs_pageio_cond_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, pgoff_t);
-extern bool nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
+extern size_t nfs_generic_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
                                struct nfs_page *prev,
                                struct nfs_page *req);
 extern  int nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *);