Index: xfsprogs/io/pwrite.c
===================================================================
--- xfsprogs.orig/io/pwrite.c	2007-03-16 08:34:17.539120750 +1100
+++ xfsprogs/io/pwrite.c	2007-03-16 08:34:26.475679250 +1100
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ pwrite_f(
 		c = write_backward(offset, &count, &total);
 		break;
 	default:
+		total = 0;
 		ASSERT(0);
 	}
 	if (c < 0)