diff --git a/src/kernel/inode.c b/src/kernel/inode.c
index 95abfb18fd5..a1eb98fa959 100644
--- a/src/kernel/inode.c
+++ b/src/kernel/inode.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ retry:
 
 		ceph_mdsc_send_cap_ack(mdsc, ceph_ino(&ci->vfs_inode), 
 				       keep, wanted, seq, 
-				       size, max_size, &mtime, &atime, mds);
+				       size, 0, &mtime, &atime, mds);
 
 		if (dropping & CEPH_CAP_RDCACHE) {
 			dout(20, "invalidating pages on %p\n", &ci->vfs_inode);
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ int ceph_handle_cap_grant(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_mds_file_caps *grant,
 			cap->implemented = newcaps;
 			/* ack now.  re-use incoming message. */
 			grant->size = le64_to_cpu(inode->i_size);
+			grant->max_size = 0;  /* don't re-request */
 			ceph_encode_timespec(&grant->mtime, &inode->i_mtime);
 			ceph_encode_timespec(&grant->atime, &inode->i_atime);
 			reply = 1; 
@@ -1094,8 +1095,13 @@ int ceph_get_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int need, int want, int *got,
 	     need, want);
 	spin_lock(&ci->vfs_inode.i_lock);
 	if (offset >= 0 && offset >= (loff_t)ci->i_max_size) {
-		dout(20, "get_cap_refs offset %llu >= max_size %llu\n",
-		     offset, ci->i_max_size);
+		if (offset > (ci->vfs_inode.i_size << 1)) {
+			dout(20, "get_cap_refs offset %llu >= max_size %llu\n",
+			     offset, ci->i_max_size);
+			
+		} else 
+			dout(20, "get_cap_refs offset %llu >= max_size %llu\n",
+			     offset, ci->i_max_size);
 		goto sorry;
 	}
 	have = __ceph_caps_issued(ci);
diff --git a/src/kernel/mds_client.c b/src/kernel/mds_client.c
index 22e3f461ef5..c34b7afe637 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mds_client.c
+++ b/src/kernel/mds_client.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ void ceph_mdsc_handle_filecaps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		dout(10, "wtf, i don't have ino %lu=%llx?  closing out cap\n",
 		     inot, ino);
 		ceph_mdsc_send_cap_ack(mdsc, ino, 0, 0, seq, 
-				       size, max_size, 0, 0, mds);
+				       size, 0, 0, 0, mds);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/super.h b/src/kernel/super.h
index e664b8ae1c4..622cae935b8 100644
--- a/src/kernel/super.h
+++ b/src/kernel/super.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct ceph_inode_info {
 
 	int i_nr_by_mode[4];
 	loff_t i_max_size;      /* size authorized by mds */
-	loff_t i_reported_size; /* size we're reported to mds(s) */
+	loff_t i_reported_size; /* (max_)size reported to or requested of mds */
 	struct timespec i_old_atime;
 
 	/* held references to caps */
diff --git a/src/start.sh b/src/start.sh
index 224ef50c9be..3626175f0ca 100755
--- a/src/start.sh
+++ b/src/start.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ do
 done
 
 # mds
-$CEPH_BIN/cmds $ARGS --debug_mds 20 --debug_timer 50 --debug_ms 20 --debug 50
+$CEPH_BIN/cmds $ARGS --debug_mds 20 --debug_ms 1
 
 echo "started.  stop.sh to stop.  see out/* (e.g. 'tail -f out/????') for debug output."