> > Does the patch below do anything good for your laptop? ;)
>
> I'll wait for the next one ;-)
OK, here's one which isn't reversed and should work ;))
--- fs/buffer.c.orig Sat Jun 16 18:05:29 2001
+++ fs/buffer.c Sat Jun 16 18:05:15 2001
@@ -2550,7 +2550,8 @@
if the current bh is not yet timed out,
then also all the following bhs
will be too young. */
- if (time_before(jiffies, bh->b_flushtime))
+ if (++flushed > bdf_prm.b_un.ndirty &&
+ time_before(jiffies, bh->b_flushtime))
goto out_unlock;
} else {
if (++flushed > bdf_prm.b_un.ndirty)
cheers,
Rik
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