--- 2.4.20pre5aa1/fs/buffer.c.~1~	Mon Sep  2 03:15:29 2002
+++ 2.4.20pre5aa1/fs/buffer.c	Wed Sep  4 07:27:05 2002
@@ -1677,6 +1677,11 @@ out:
 			flush_dcache_page(page);
 			set_bit(BH_Uptodate, &bh->b_state);
 			mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+
+			if (block_end > inode->i_size) {
+				i_size_write(inode, block_end);
+				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+			}
 		}
 next_bh:
 		block_start = block_end;