--- /tmp/linux-2.2.10/fs/buffer.c	Tue Jul 13 00:33:14 1999
+++ linux-2.2.10/fs/buffer.c	Sat Jul 17 16:20:39 1999
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@
  * and superblocks so that we could write back only the old ones as well
  */
 
-static int sync_old_buffers(void)
+static int sync_old_buffers(unsigned long now)
 {
 	int i;
 	int ndirty, nwritten;
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@
 				 if (buffer_locked(bh) || !buffer_dirty(bh))
 					  continue;
 				 ndirty++;
-				 if(time_before(jiffies, bh->b_flushtime))
+				 if(time_before(now, bh->b_flushtime))
 					continue;
 				 nwritten++;
 				 next->b_count++;
@@ -1639,7 +1639,6 @@
 				 next->b_count--;
 			 }
 	}
-	run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	if (ncount) printk("sync_old_buffers: %d dirty buffers not on dirty list\n", ncount);
 	printk("Wrote %d/%d buffers\n", nwritten, ndirty);
@@ -1663,7 +1662,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	if (func == 1) {
-		 error = sync_old_buffers();
+		 error = sync_old_buffers(jiffies);
 		 goto out;
 	}