--- linux-2.2.10/fs/buffer.c~	Sat Jul 17 17:00:09 1999
+++ linux-2.2.10/fs/buffer.c	Sat Jul 17 17:01:23 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 void 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++;
@@ -1639,13 +1639,11 @@
 				 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);
 #endif
 	run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -1862,6 +1860,6 @@
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		printk("kupdate() activated...\n");
 #endif
-		sync_old_buffers();
+		sync_old_buffers(jiffies);
 	}
 }