--- 2.3.16-bufferlock/fs/buffer.c.~1~ Wed Sep 1 09:30:03 1999 +++ 2.3.16-bufferlock/fs/buffer.c Wed Sep 1 17:20:22 1999 @@ -520,19 +520,20 @@ write_lock(&hash_table_lock); if (bh->b_pprev) __hash_unlink(bh); - __remove_from_lru_list(bh, bh->b_list); write_unlock(&hash_table_lock); + __remove_from_lru_list(bh, bh->b_list); } static void insert_into_queues(struct buffer_head *bh) { struct buffer_head **head = &hash(bh->b_dev, bh->b_blocknr); - spin_lock(&lru_list_lock); write_lock(&hash_table_lock); __hash_link(bh, head); - __insert_into_lru_list(bh, bh->b_list); write_unlock(&hash_table_lock); + + spin_lock(&lru_list_lock); + __insert_into_lru_list(bh, bh->b_list); spin_unlock(&lru_list_lock); }