--- linux/fs/buffer.c	Sat Oct 21 02:55:41 2000
+++ linux-2.4.0-test10pre4/fs/buffer.c	Sat Oct 21 12:27:10 2000
@@ -2683,7 +2683,7 @@
 		 * skip the sleep and flush some more. Otherwise, we
 		 * go to sleep waiting a wakeup.
 		 */
-		if (!flushed || balance_dirty_state(NODEV) < 0) {
+		if (!flushed || balance_dirty_state(NODEV) <= 0) {
 			run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
 			schedule();
 		}