cf = kmalloc(sizeof(*cf), GFP_ATOMIC);
        cf->caps = flushing;
+       cf->kick = false;
 
        spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
        list_del_init(&ci->i_dirty_item);
 
 static int __kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
                                struct ceph_mds_session *session,
-                               struct ceph_inode_info *ci)
+                               struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
+                               bool kick_all)
 {
        struct inode *inode = &ci->vfs_inode;
        struct ceph_cap *cap;
 
                for (n = rb_first(&ci->i_cap_flush_tree); n; n = rb_next(n)) {
                        cf = rb_entry(n, struct ceph_cap_flush, i_node);
-                       if (cf->tid >= first_tid)
+                       if (cf->tid < first_tid)
+                               continue;
+                       if (kick_all || cf->kick)
                                break;
                }
                if (!n) {
                }
 
                cf = rb_entry(n, struct ceph_cap_flush, i_node);
+               cf->kick = false;
+
                first_tid = cf->tid + 1;
 
                dout("kick_flushing_caps %p cap %p tid %llu %s\n", inode,
        return delayed;
 }
 
+void ceph_early_kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
+                                  struct ceph_mds_session *session)
+{
+       struct ceph_inode_info *ci;
+       struct ceph_cap *cap;
+       struct ceph_cap_flush *cf;
+       struct rb_node *n;
+
+       dout("early_kick_flushing_caps mds%d\n", session->s_mds);
+       list_for_each_entry(ci, &session->s_cap_flushing, i_flushing_item) {
+               spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+               cap = ci->i_auth_cap;
+               if (!(cap && cap->session == session)) {
+                       pr_err("%p auth cap %p not mds%d ???\n",
+                               &ci->vfs_inode, cap, session->s_mds);
+                       spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+
+               /*
+                * if flushing caps were revoked, we re-send the cap flush
+                * in client reconnect stage. This guarantees MDS * processes
+                * the cap flush message before issuing the flushing caps to
+                * other client.
+                */
+               if ((cap->issued & ci->i_flushing_caps) !=
+                   ci->i_flushing_caps) {
+                       spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+                       if (!__kick_flushing_caps(mdsc, session, ci, true))
+                               continue;
+                       spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+               }
+
+               for (n = rb_first(&ci->i_cap_flush_tree); n; n = rb_next(n)) {
+                       cf = rb_entry(n, struct ceph_cap_flush, i_node);
+                       cf->kick = true;
+               }
+
+               spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+       }
+}
+
 void ceph_kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
                             struct ceph_mds_session *session)
 {
 
        dout("kick_flushing_caps mds%d\n", session->s_mds);
        list_for_each_entry(ci, &session->s_cap_flushing, i_flushing_item) {
-               int delayed = __kick_flushing_caps(mdsc, session, ci);
+               int delayed = __kick_flushing_caps(mdsc, session, ci, false);
                if (delayed) {
                        spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
                        __cap_delay_requeue(mdsc, ci);
 
                spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 
-               delayed = __kick_flushing_caps(mdsc, session, ci);
+               delayed = __kick_flushing_caps(mdsc, session, ci, true);
                if (delayed) {
                        spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
                        __cap_delay_requeue(mdsc, ci);
 
 struct ceph_cap_flush {
        u64 tid;
        int caps;
-       struct rb_node g_node;
+       bool kick;
+       struct rb_node g_node; // global
        union {
-               struct rb_node i_node;
+               struct rb_node i_node; // inode
                struct list_head list;
        };
 };
 extern int ceph_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 extern int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
                      int datasync);
+extern void ceph_early_kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
+                                         struct ceph_mds_session *session);
 extern void ceph_kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
                                    struct ceph_mds_session *session);
 extern struct ceph_cap *ceph_get_cap_for_mds(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,