diff -ur 2.3.15/fs/block_dev.c 2.3.15-balance_dirty/fs/block_dev.c
--- 2.3.15/fs/block_dev.c	Tue Jun 22 19:45:40 1999
+++ 2.3.15-balance_dirty/fs/block_dev.c	Mon Aug 30 14:56:06 1999
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
 			}
 			buffercount=0;
 		}
-		balance_dirty(dev);
 		if (write_error)
 			break;
 	}
diff -ur 2.3.15/fs/buffer.c 2.3.15-balance_dirty/fs/buffer.c
--- 2.3.15/fs/buffer.c	Mon Aug 23 20:15:53 1999
+++ 2.3.15-balance_dirty/fs/buffer.c	Mon Aug 30 15:03:03 1999
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@
  */
 static int too_many_dirty_buffers;
 
-void balance_dirty(kdev_t dev)
+static void balance_dirty(void)
 {
 	int dirty = nr_buffers_type[BUF_DIRTY];
 	int ndirty = bdf_prm.b_un.ndirty;
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@
 void __mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh, int flag)
 {
 	__mark_dirty(bh, flag);
+	balance_dirty();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1486,7 +1487,7 @@
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(BH_Dirty, &bh->b_state)) {
 			__mark_dirty(bh, 0);
 			if (too_many_dirty_buffers)
-				balance_dirty(bh->b_dev);
+				balance_dirty();
 		}
 
 		if (err) {
@@ -1656,7 +1657,7 @@
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(BH_Dirty, &bh->b_state)) {
 			__mark_dirty(bh, 0);
 			if (too_many_dirty_buffers)
-				balance_dirty(bh->b_dev);
+				balance_dirty();
 		}
 
 		if (err) {
diff -ur 2.3.15/include/linux/fs.h 2.3.15-balance_dirty/include/linux/fs.h
--- 2.3.15/include/linux/fs.h	Wed Aug 25 02:09:19 1999
+++ 2.3.15-balance_dirty/include/linux/fs.h	Mon Aug 30 15:01:41 1999
@@ -803,7 +803,6 @@
 		__mark_buffer_dirty(bh, flag);
 }
 
-extern void balance_dirty(kdev_t);
 extern int check_disk_change(kdev_t);
 extern int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *);
 extern void invalidate_inode_pages(struct inode *);