diff -urN 2.4.7pre5/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c end_buffer/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
--- 2.4.7pre5/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c	Tue Jul 10 18:02:40 2001
+++ end_buffer/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c	Tue Jul 10 20:25:23 2001
@@ -960,16 +960,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Default IO end handler, used by "ll_rw_block()".
- */
-static void end_buffer_io_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
-{
-	mark_buffer_uptodate(bh, uptodate);
-	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	atomic_dec(&bh->b_count);
-}
-
 /**
  * ll_rw_block: low-level access to block devices
  * @rw: whether to %READ or %WRITE or maybe %READA (readahead)
diff -urN 2.4.7pre5/fs/buffer.c end_buffer/fs/buffer.c
--- 2.4.7pre5/fs/buffer.c	Tue Jul 10 18:02:45 2001
+++ end_buffer/fs/buffer.c	Tue Jul 10 20:25:39 2001
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@
 	put_bh(bh);
 }
 
-/* End-of-write handler.. Just mark it up-to-date and unlock the buffer. */
-static void end_buffer_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
+/*
+ * Default IO end handler, used by "ll_rw_block()", in general buffer
+ * cache and async writes.
+ */
+void end_buffer_io_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
 	mark_buffer_uptodate(bh, uptodate);
 	__unlock_buffer(bh);
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@
 	get_bh(wait);
 	do {
 		struct buffer_head * bh = *array++;
-		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write;
+		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_io_sync;
 		submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
 	} while (--count);
 	wait_on_buffer(wait);
diff -urN 2.4.7pre5/include/linux/fs.h end_buffer/include/linux/fs.h
--- 2.4.7pre5/include/linux/fs.h	Tue Jul 10 19:32:01 2001
+++ end_buffer/include/linux/fs.h	Tue Jul 10 20:25:23 2001
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@
 
 /* reiserfs_writepage needs this */
 extern void set_buffer_async_io(struct buffer_head *bh) ;
+extern void end_buffer_io_sync(struct buffer_head *, int);
 
 #define BUF_CLEAN	0
 #define BUF_LOCKED	1	/* Buffers scheduled for write */