--- 2.2.14pre16/fs/buffer.c.~1~	Tue Dec 28 00:46:02 1999
+++ 2.2.14pre16/fs/buffer.c	Tue Dec 28 00:51:00 1999
@@ -817,7 +817,9 @@
 		printk("Attempt to refile free buffer\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	if (buffer_dirty(buf))
+	if (buffer_protected(buf))
+		dispose = BUF_PROTECTED;
+	else if (buffer_dirty(buf))
 		dispose = BUF_DIRTY;
 	else if (buffer_locked(buf))
 		dispose = BUF_LOCKED;
@@ -831,7 +833,7 @@
 			/* This buffer is dirty, maybe we need to start flushing.
 			 * If too high a percentage of the buffers are dirty...
 			 */
-			if (nr_buffers_type[BUF_DIRTY] > too_many)
+			if ((nr_buffers_type[BUF_DIRTY]+nr_buffers_type[BUF_PROTECTED]) > too_many)
 				wakeup_bdflush(1);
 
 			/* If this is a loop device, and
@@ -1503,7 +1505,7 @@
 	int found = 0, locked = 0, dirty = 0, used = 0, lastused = 0;
 	int protected = 0;
 	int nlist;
-	static char *buf_types[NR_LIST] = {"CLEAN","LOCKED","DIRTY"};
+	static char *buf_types[NR_LIST] = {"CLEAN","LOCKED","DIRTY","PROTECTED",};
 
 	printk("Buffer memory:   %8ldkB\n",buffermem>>10);
 	printk("Buffer heads:    %6d\n",nr_buffer_heads);
--- 2.2.14pre16/include/linux/fs.h.~1~	Tue Dec 28 00:46:03 1999
+++ 2.2.14pre16/include/linux/fs.h	Tue Dec 28 00:52:11 1999
@@ -759,7 +759,8 @@
 #define BUF_CLEAN	0
 #define BUF_LOCKED	1	/* Buffers scheduled for write */
 #define BUF_DIRTY	2	/* Dirty buffers, not yet scheduled for write */
-#define NR_LIST		3
+#define BUF_PROTECTED	3	/* Ramdisk persistent storage */
+#define NR_LIST		4
 
 void mark_buffer_uptodate(struct buffer_head * bh, int on);