--- linux-2.5.3-pre3/fs/reiserfs/journal.c.orig	Wed Jan 23 20:19:07 2002
+++ linux-2.5.3-pre3/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	Wed Jan 23 20:23:39 2002
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@
       break ;
     }
     wake_up(&reiserfs_commit_thread_done) ;
-    interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&reiserfs_commit_thread_wait, 5) ;
+    interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&reiserfs_commit_thread_wait, 5 * HZ) ;
   }
   unlock_kernel() ;
   wake_up(&reiserfs_commit_thread_done) ;

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