diff -urN S15/fs/inode.c S15-fix/fs/inode.c
--- S15/fs/inode.c	Fri Nov 23 06:45:43 2001
+++ S15-fix/fs/inode.c	Fri Nov 23 17:04:05 2001
@@ -1065,24 +1065,27 @@
			if (inode->i_state != I_CLEAR)
				BUG();
		} else {
-			if (!list_empty(&inode->i_hash) && sb && sb->s_root) {
+			if (!list_empty(&inode->i_hash)) {
				if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_LOCK))) {
					list_del(&inode->i_list);
					list_add(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
				}
				inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
				spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-				return;
-			} else {
-				list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+				if (!sb || sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE)
+					return;
+				write_inode_now(inode, 1);
+				spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+				inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
				list_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
-				inode->i_state|=I_FREEING;
-				inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
-				spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-				if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
-					truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-				clear_inode(inode);
			}
+			list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+			inode->i_state|=I_FREEING;
+			inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
+			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+			if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
+				truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+			clear_inode(inode);
		}
		destroy_inode(inode);
	}
diff -urN S15/fs/super.c S15-fix/fs/super.c
--- S15/fs/super.c	Fri Nov 23 06:45:43 2001
+++ S15-fix/fs/super.c	Fri Nov 23 16:56:50 2001
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@
	lock_super(s);
	if (!type->read_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0))
		goto out_fail;
+	s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
	unlock_super(s);
	/* tell bdcache that we are going to keep this one */
	if (bdev)
@@ -614,6 +615,7 @@
	lock_super(s);
	if (!fs_type->read_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0))
		goto out_fail;
+	s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
	unlock_super(s);
	get_filesystem(fs_type);
	path_release(&nd);
@@ -695,6 +697,7 @@
		lock_super(s);
		if (!fs_type->read_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0))
			goto out_fail;
+		s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
		unlock_super(s);
		get_filesystem(fs_type);
		return s;
@@ -739,6 +742,7 @@
	dput(root);
	fsync_super(sb);
	lock_super(sb);
+	sb->s_flags &= ~MS_ACTIVE;
	invalidate_inodes(sb);	/* bad name - it should be evict_inodes() */
	if (sop) {
		if (sop->write_super && sb->s_dirt)
diff -urN S15/include/linux/fs.h S15-fix/include/linux/fs.h
--- S15/include/linux/fs.h	Fri Nov 23 06:45:44 2001
+++ S15-fix/include/linux/fs.h	Fri Nov 23 17:01:18 2001
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 #define MS_BIND		4096
 #define MS_REC		16384
 #define MS_VERBOSE	32768
+#define MS_ACTIVE	(1<<30)
 #define MS_NOUSER	(1<<31)

 /*