2.4.17-pre7

 fs

diff -Nur --exclude=CVS linux-2.4.16/fs/inode.c linux/fs/inode.c
--- linux-2.4.16/fs/inode.c   Sun Dec  9 17:29:42 2001
+++ linux/fs/inode.c   Tue Dec  4 17:25:31 2001
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
             }
             inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
             spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-            if (!sb || sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE)
+            if (!sb || (sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
                return;
             write_inode_now(inode, 1);
             spin_lock(&inode_lock);
@@ -1187,6 +1187,8 @@
  
 void update_atime (struct inode *inode)
 {
+   if (inode->i_atime == CURRENT_TIME)
+      return;
    if ( IS_NOATIME (inode) ) return;
    if ( IS_NODIRATIME (inode) && S_ISDIR (inode->i_mode) ) return;
    if ( IS_RDONLY (inode) ) return;