--- 1.78/fs/buffer.c	Thu Dec  5 15:55:00 2002
+++ edited/fs/buffer.c	Fri Dec 13 15:24:52 2002
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@
 		spin_lock(&lru_list_lock);
 	}
 	
-	spin_unlock(&lru_list_lock);
 	err2 = osync_buffers_list(list);
+	spin_unlock(&lru_list_lock);
 
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -889,6 +889,8 @@
  * you dirty the buffers, and then use osync_buffers_list to wait for
  * completion.  Any other dirty buffers which are not yet queued for
  * write will not be flushed to disk by the osync.
+ *
+ * Expects lru_list_lock to be held at entry.
  */
 static int osync_buffers_list(struct list_head *list)
 {
@@ -896,8 +898,6 @@
 	struct list_head *p;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&lru_list_lock);
-	
  repeat:
 	list_for_each_prev(p, list) {
 		bh = BH_ENTRY(p);
@@ -913,7 +913,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&lru_list_lock);
 	return err;
 }