diff -rup -X dontdiff linux/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c linux.patched/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
--- linux/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c	Mon Nov 19 15:14:15 2001
+++ linux.patched/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c	Mon Nov 19 15:09:04 2001
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static inline void get_bit_address (stru
    to free a list of blocks at once. -Hans */
 				/* I wonder if it would be less modest
                                    now that we use journaling. -Hans */
-void reiserfs_free_block (struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, unsigned long block)
+static void _reiserfs_free_block (struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, unsigned long block)
 {
     struct super_block * s = th->t_super;
     struct reiserfs_super_block * rs;
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ void reiserfs_free_block (struct reiserf
     struct buffer_head ** apbh;
     int nr, offset;
 
-  RFALSE(!s, "vs-4060: trying to free block on nonexistent device");
-  RFALSE(is_reusable (s, block, 1) == 0, "vs-4070: can not free such block");
-
   PROC_INFO_INC( s, free_block );
 
   rs = SB_DISK_SUPER_BLOCK (s);
@@ -110,9 +107,6 @@ void reiserfs_free_block (struct reiserf
 	  return;
   }
 
-  /* mark it before we clear it, just in case */
-  journal_mark_freed(th, s, block) ;
-
   reiserfs_prepare_for_journal(s, apbh[nr], 1 ) ;
 
   /* clear bit for the given block in bit map */
@@ -131,7 +125,26 @@ void reiserfs_free_block (struct reiserf
   s->s_dirt = 1;
 }
 
+void reiserfs_free_block (struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, 
+                          unsigned long block) {
+    struct super_block * s = th->t_super;
+
+    RFALSE(!s, "vs-4061: trying to free block on nonexistent device");
+    RFALSE(is_reusable (s, block, 1) == 0, "vs-4071: can not free such block");
+    /* mark it before we clear it, just in case */
+    journal_mark_freed(th, s, block) ;
+    _reiserfs_free_block(th, block) ;
+}
+
+/* preallocated blocks don't need to be run through journal_mark_freed */
+void reiserfs_free_prealloc_block (struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, 
+                          unsigned long block) {
+    struct super_block * s = th->t_super;
 
+    RFALSE(!s, "vs-4060: trying to free block on nonexistent device");
+    RFALSE(is_reusable (s, block, 1) == 0, "vs-4070: can not free such block");
+    _reiserfs_free_block(th, block) ;
+}
 
 /* beginning from offset-th bit in bmap_nr-th bitmap block,
    find_forward finds the closest zero bit. It returns 1 and zero
@@ -660,11 +673,13 @@ int reiserfs_new_unf_blocknrs2 (struct r
 static void __discard_prealloc (struct reiserfs_transaction_handle * th,
 				struct inode * inode)
 {
+  unsigned long save = inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_block ;
   while (inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_count > 0) {
-    reiserfs_free_block(th,inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_block);
+    reiserfs_free_prealloc_block(th,inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_block);
     inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_block++;
     inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_count --;
   }
+  inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_block = save ; 
   list_del (&(inode->u.reiserfs_i.i_prealloc_list));
 }
 

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