--- x/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c.~1~	2003-10-01 06:04:01.000000000 +0200
+++ x/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c	2003-10-01 06:21:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ static inline void attempt_front_merge(r
 static int __make_request(request_queue_t * q, int rw,
 				  struct buffer_head * bh)
 {
-	unsigned int sector, count, sync;
+	unsigned int sector, count;
 	int max_segments = MAX_SEGMENTS;
 	struct request * req, *freereq = NULL;
 	int rw_ahead, max_sectors, el_ret;
@@ -1198,7 +1198,6 @@ static int __make_request(request_queue_
 
 	count = bh->b_size >> 9;
 	sector = bh->b_rsector;
-	sync = test_and_clear_bit(BH_Sync, &bh->b_state);
 
 	rw_ahead = 0;	/* normal case; gets changed below for READA */
 	switch (rw) {
@@ -1371,8 +1370,6 @@ out:
 		blkdev_release_request(freereq);
 	if (should_wake)
 		get_request_wait_wakeup(q, rw);
-	if (sync)
-		__generic_unplug_device(q);
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	if (atomic_add)
 		blk_atomic_add(q);
--- x/fs/buffer.c.~1~	2003-10-01 06:04:01.000000000 +0200
+++ x/fs/buffer.c	2003-10-01 06:21:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -1199,7 +1199,6 @@ struct buffer_head * bread(kdev_t dev, i
 		cond_resched();
 		return bh;
 	}
-	set_bit(BH_Sync, &bh->b_state);
 	ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
--- x/include/linux/fs.h.~1~	2003-10-01 06:04:01.000000000 +0200
+++ x/include/linux/fs.h	2003-10-01 06:21:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ enum bh_state_bits {
 	BH_Launder,	/* 1 if we can throttle on this buffer */
 	BH_Attached,	/* 1 if b_inode_buffers is linked into a list */
 	BH_JBD,		/* 1 if it has an attached journal_head */
-	BH_Sync,	/* 1 if the buffer is a sync read */
 	BH_Delay,	/* 1 if the buffer is delayed allocate */
 	BH_Atomic,	/* 1 if b_elv_sequence is valid */