--- fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c_1.398	2007-09-28 12:37:17.000000000 +1000
+++ fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c	2007-09-28 17:22:24.000000000 +1000
@@ -409,13 +409,8 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 		flags |= FLUSH_SYNC;
 	}
 	error = xfs_inode_flush(XFS_I(inode), flags);
-	if (error == EAGAIN) {
-		if (sync)
-			error = xfs_inode_flush(XFS_I(inode),
-						       flags | FLUSH_LOG);
-		else
-			error = 0;
-	}
+	if (error)
+		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 
 	return -error;
 }
@@ -620,7 +615,7 @@ xfs_fs_sync_super(
 	int			error;
 	int			flags;
 
-	if (unlikely(sb->s_frozen == SB_FREEZE_WRITE)) {
+	if (wait || unlikely(sb->s_frozen == SB_FREEZE_WRITE)) {
 		/*
 		 * First stage of freeze - no more writers will make progress
 		 * now we are here, so we flush delwri and delalloc buffers
@@ -631,7 +626,7 @@ xfs_fs_sync_super(
 		 */
 		flags = SYNC_DATA_QUIESCE;
 	} else
-		flags = SYNC_FSDATA | (wait ? SYNC_WAIT : 0);
+		flags = SYNC_FSDATA;
 
 	error = xfs_sync(mp, flags);
 	sb->s_dirt = 0;