diff -urNp ref/fs/buffer.c 2.4.20pre7aa1/fs/buffer.c
--- ref/fs/buffer.c	Wed Sep 18 00:35:35 2002
+++ 2.4.20pre7aa1/fs/buffer.c	Wed Sep 18 00:35:53 2002
@@ -737,7 +737,6 @@ static void free_more_memory(void)
 	balance_dirty();
 	wakeup_bdflush();
 	try_to_free_pages(GFP_NOIO);
-	run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
 	yield();
 }