--- 2.4.10pre14aa1/mm/filemap.c.~1~	Sat Sep 22 08:29:49 2001
+++ 2.4.10pre14aa1/mm/filemap.c	Sat Sep 22 08:33:45 2001
@@ -2855,6 +2855,16 @@
 		kunmap(page);
 		/* Mark it unlocked again and drop the page.. */
 		UnlockPage(page);
+		/*
+		 * Don't use mark_page_accessed(), here so it won't and in
+		 * the inactive cache, but just mark it referenced so it
+		 * will stay longer in the inactive cache. We need to somehow
+		 * age writes too in order to avoid too many read-modify-write
+		 * cycles with partial writes.
+		 * And with the referenced bit set, the page will got into
+		 * the active cache at the first read.
+		 */
+		SetPageReferenced(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 
 		if (status < 0)