--- linux/fs/buffer.c.orig	Fri Oct 25 09:53:43 2002
+++ linux/fs/buffer.c	Fri Oct 25 10:15:51 2002
@@ -2835,6 +2835,30 @@
 	}
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * Do some IO post-processing here!!!
+ */
+void do_io_postprocessing(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct buffer_head *bh, *next;
+
+	spin_lock(&lru_list_lock);
+	bh = lru_list[BUF_LOCKED];
+	if (bh) {
+		for (i = nr_buffers_type[BUF_LOCKED]; i-- > 0; bh = next) {
+			next = bh->b_next_free;
+
+			if (!buffer_locked(bh)) 
+				__refile_buffer(bh);
+			else 
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&lru_list_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is the kernel update daemon. It was used to live in userspace
  * but since it's need to run safely we want it unkillable by mistake.
@@ -2886,6 +2910,7 @@
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "kupdate() activated...\n");
 #endif
+		do_io_postprocessing();
 		sync_old_buffers();
 	}
 }