diff -uNr linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
--- linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c	Wed Mar 13 12:06:49 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c	Wed Mar 13 11:52:23 2002
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 		      * no disk space returns
 		      */
 
-  if ( (p_s_inode->i_size < 4 * 4096) || 
+  if ( (p_s_inode->i_size < 4 * th->t_super->s_blocksize) || 
        !(S_ISREG(p_s_inode->i_mode)) )
     {
       if ( search_start < border 
diff -uNr linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/inode.c linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
--- linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	Wed Mar 13 12:06:49 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	Wed Mar 13 11:52:23 2002
@@ -1927,14 +1927,21 @@
 static inline void submit_bh_for_writepage(struct buffer_head **bhp, int nr) {
     struct buffer_head *bh ;
     int i;
+
+    /* lock them all first so the end_io handler doesn't unlock the page
+    ** too early
+    */
     for(i = 0 ; i < nr ; i++) {
         bh = bhp[i] ;
 	lock_buffer(bh) ;
 	set_buffer_async_io(bh) ;
+    }
+    for(i = 0 ; i < nr ; i++) {
 	/* submit_bh doesn't care if the buffer is dirty, but nobody
 	** later on in the call chain will be cleaning it.  So, we
 	** clean the buffer here, it still gets written either way.
 	*/
+        bh = bhp[i] ;
 	clear_bit(BH_Dirty, &bh->b_state) ;
 	set_bit(BH_Uptodate, &bh->b_state) ;
 	submit_bh(WRITE, bh) ;
diff -uNr linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/journal.c linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
--- linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	Wed Mar 13 12:06:49 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	Wed Mar 13 12:02:40 2002
@@ -1369,10 +1369,10 @@
 /* compares description block with commit block.  returns 1 if they differ, 0 if they are the same */
 static int journal_compare_desc_commit(struct super_block *p_s_sb, struct reiserfs_journal_desc *desc, 
 			               struct reiserfs_journal_commit *commit) {
-  if (le32_to_cpu(commit->j_trans_id) != le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id) || 
-      le32_to_cpu(commit->j_len) != le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) || 
-      le32_to_cpu(commit->j_len) > SB_JOURNAL_TRANS_MAX(p_s_sb) || 
-      le32_to_cpu(commit->j_len) <= 0 
+  if (get_commit_trans_id (commit) != get_desc_trans_id(desc) || 
+      get_commit_trans_len (commit) != get_desc_trans_len(desc) || 
+      get_commit_trans_len (commit) > SB_JOURNAL_TRANS_MAX(p_s_sb) || 
+      get_commit_trans_len (commit) == 0 
   ) {
     return 1 ;
   }
@@ -1392,18 +1392,18 @@
       return 0 ;
 
   desc = (struct reiserfs_journal_desc *)d_bh->b_data ;
-  if (le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) > 0 && !memcmp(desc->j_magic, JOURNAL_DESC_MAGIC, 8)) {
-    if (oldest_invalid_trans_id && *oldest_invalid_trans_id && le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id) > *oldest_invalid_trans_id) {
+  if (get_desc_trans_len(desc) > 0 && !memcmp(get_journal_desc_magic (d_bh), JOURNAL_DESC_MAGIC, 8)) {
+    if (oldest_invalid_trans_id && *oldest_invalid_trans_id && get_desc_trans_id(desc) > *oldest_invalid_trans_id) {
       reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-986: transaction "
 	              "is valid returning because trans_id %d is greater than "
-		      "oldest_invalid %lu\n", le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id), 
+		      "oldest_invalid %lu\n", get_desc_trans_id(desc), 
 		       *oldest_invalid_trans_id);
       return 0 ;
     }
-    if (newest_mount_id && *newest_mount_id > le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id)) {
+    if (newest_mount_id && *newest_mount_id > get_desc_mount_id (desc)) {
       reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1087: transaction "
                      "is valid returning because mount_id %d is less than "
-		     "newest_mount_id %lu\n", desc->j_mount_id, 
+		     "newest_mount_id %lu\n", get_desc_mount_id (desc), 
 		     *newest_mount_id) ;
       return -1 ;
     }
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@
 
     /* ok, we have a journal description block, lets see if the transaction was valid */
     c_bh = bread(SB_JOURNAL_DEV(p_s_sb), SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb) +
-		 ((offset + le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) + 1) % SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)), 
+		 ((offset + get_desc_trans_len(desc) + 1) % SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)), 
 		 p_s_sb->s_blocksize) ;
     if (!c_bh)
       return 0 ;
@@ -1421,21 +1421,21 @@
                      "journal_transaction_is_valid, commit offset %ld had bad "
 		     "time %d or length %d\n", 
 		     c_bh->b_blocknr -  SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb),
-		     le32_to_cpu(commit->j_trans_id), 
-		     le32_to_cpu(commit->j_len));
+		     get_commit_trans_id (commit), 
+		     get_commit_trans_len(commit));
       brelse(c_bh) ;
       if (oldest_invalid_trans_id)
-        *oldest_invalid_trans_id = le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id) ;
+        *oldest_invalid_trans_id = get_desc_trans_id(desc) ;
 	reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1004: "
 	               "transaction_is_valid setting oldest invalid trans_id "
-		       "to %d\n", le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id)) ;
+		       "to %d\n", get_desc_trans_id(desc)) ;
       return -1; 
     }
     brelse(c_bh) ;
     reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1006: found valid "
                    "transaction start offset %lu, len %d id %d\n", 
 		   d_bh->b_blocknr - SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb), 
-		   le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len), le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id)) ;
+		   get_desc_trans_len(desc), get_desc_trans_id(desc)) ;
     return 1 ;
   } else {
     return 0 ;
@@ -1465,6 +1465,7 @@
   struct buffer_head **real_blocks = NULL ;
   unsigned long trans_offset ;
   int i;
+  int trans_half;
 
   d_bh = bread(SB_JOURNAL_DEV(p_s_sb), cur_dblock, p_s_sb->s_blocksize) ;
   if (!d_bh)
@@ -1474,24 +1475,24 @@
   reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1037: "
                  "journal_read_transaction, offset %lu, len %d mount_id %d\n", 
 		 d_bh->b_blocknr - SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb), 
-		 le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len), le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id)) ;
-  if (le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id) < oldest_trans_id) {
+		 get_desc_trans_len(desc), get_desc_mount_id(desc)) ;
+  if (get_desc_trans_id(desc) < oldest_trans_id) {
     reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1039: "
                    "journal_read_trans skipping because %lu is too old\n", 
 		   cur_dblock - SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb)) ;
     brelse(d_bh) ;
     return 1 ;
   }
-  if (le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id) != newest_mount_id) {
+  if (get_desc_mount_id(desc) != newest_mount_id) {
     reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1146: "
                    "journal_read_trans skipping because %d is != "
-		   "newest_mount_id %lu\n", le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id), 
+		   "newest_mount_id %lu\n", get_desc_mount_id(desc), 
 		    newest_mount_id) ;
     brelse(d_bh) ;
     return 1 ;
   }
   c_bh = bread(SB_JOURNAL_DEV(p_s_sb), SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb) +
-		((trans_offset + le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) + 1) % 
+		((trans_offset + get_desc_trans_len(desc) + 1) % 
 		 SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)), p_s_sb->s_blocksize) ;
   if (!c_bh) {
     brelse(d_bh) ;
@@ -1502,30 +1503,31 @@
     reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal_read_transaction, "
                    "commit offset %ld had bad time %d or length %d\n", 
 		   c_bh->b_blocknr -  SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb), 
-		   le32_to_cpu(commit->j_trans_id), le32_to_cpu(commit->j_len));
+		   get_commit_trans_id(commit), get_commit_trans_len(commit));
     brelse(c_bh) ;
     brelse(d_bh) ;
     return 1; 
   }
-  trans_id = le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id) ;
+  trans_id = get_desc_trans_id(desc) ;
   /* now we know we've got a good transaction, and it was inside the valid time ranges */
-  log_blocks = reiserfs_kmalloc(le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS, p_s_sb) ;
-  real_blocks = reiserfs_kmalloc(le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS, p_s_sb) ;
+  log_blocks = reiserfs_kmalloc(get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS, p_s_sb) ;
+  real_blocks = reiserfs_kmalloc(get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS, p_s_sb) ;
   if (!log_blocks  || !real_blocks) {
     brelse(c_bh) ;
     brelse(d_bh) ;
-    reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
-    reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+    reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+    reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
     reiserfs_warning("journal-1169: kmalloc failed, unable to mount FS\n") ;
     return -1 ;
   }
   /* get all the buffer heads */
-  for(i = 0 ; i < le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) ; i++) {
+  trans_half = journal_trans_half (p_s_sb->s_blocksize) ;
+  for(i = 0 ; i < get_desc_trans_len(desc) ; i++) {
     log_blocks[i] =  getblk(SB_JOURNAL_DEV(p_s_sb),  SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb) + (trans_offset + 1 + i) % SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb), p_s_sb->s_blocksize);
-    if (i < JOURNAL_TRANS_HALF) {
+    if (i < trans_half) {
       real_blocks[i] = sb_getblk(p_s_sb, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_realblock[i])) ;
     } else {
-      real_blocks[i] = sb_getblk(p_s_sb, le32_to_cpu(commit->j_realblock[i - JOURNAL_TRANS_HALF])) ;
+      real_blocks[i] = sb_getblk(p_s_sb, le32_to_cpu(commit->j_realblock[i - trans_half])) ;
     }
     /* make sure we don't try to replay onto log or reserved area */
     if (is_block_in_log_or_reserved_area(p_s_sb, real_blocks[i]->b_blocknr)) {
@@ -1534,23 +1536,23 @@
       brelse_array(real_blocks, i) ;
       brelse(c_bh) ;
       brelse(d_bh) ;
-      reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
-      reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+      reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+      reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, get_desc_trans_id(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
       return -1 ;
     }
   }
   /* read in the log blocks, memcpy to the corresponding real block */
-  ll_rw_block(READ, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len), log_blocks) ;
-  for (i = 0 ; i < le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) ; i++) {
+  ll_rw_block(READ, get_desc_trans_len(desc), log_blocks) ;
+  for (i = 0 ; i < get_desc_trans_len(desc) ; i++) {
     wait_on_buffer(log_blocks[i]) ;
     if (!buffer_uptodate(log_blocks[i])) {
       reiserfs_warning("journal-1212: REPLAY FAILURE fsck required! buffer write failed\n") ;
-      brelse_array(log_blocks + i, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) - i) ;
-      brelse_array(real_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len)) ;
+      brelse_array(log_blocks + i, get_desc_trans_len(desc) - i) ;
+      brelse_array(real_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc)) ;
       brelse(c_bh) ;
       brelse(d_bh) ;
-      reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
-      reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+      reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+      reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
       return -1 ;
     }
     memcpy(real_blocks[i]->b_data, log_blocks[i]->b_data, real_blocks[i]->b_size) ;
@@ -1558,24 +1560,24 @@
     brelse(log_blocks[i]) ;
   }
   /* flush out the real blocks */
-  for (i = 0 ; i < le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) ; i++) {
+  for (i = 0 ; i < get_desc_trans_len(desc) ; i++) {
     set_bit(BH_Dirty, &(real_blocks[i]->b_state)) ;
     ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, real_blocks + i) ;
   }
-  for (i = 0 ; i < le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) ; i++) {
+  for (i = 0 ; i < get_desc_trans_len(desc) ; i++) {
     wait_on_buffer(real_blocks[i]) ; 
     if (!buffer_uptodate(real_blocks[i])) {
       reiserfs_warning("journal-1226: REPLAY FAILURE, fsck required! buffer write failed\n") ;
-      brelse_array(real_blocks + i, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) - i) ;
+      brelse_array(real_blocks + i, get_desc_trans_len(desc) - i) ;
       brelse(c_bh) ;
       brelse(d_bh) ;
-      reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
-      reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+      reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+      reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
       return -1 ;
     }
     brelse(real_blocks[i]) ;
   }
-  cur_dblock =  SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb) + ((trans_offset + le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) + 2) % SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)) ;
+  cur_dblock =  SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb) + ((trans_offset + get_desc_trans_len(desc) + 2) % SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)) ;
   reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1095: setting journal "
                  "start to offset %ld\n", 
 		 cur_dblock -  SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb)) ;
@@ -1586,8 +1588,8 @@
   SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_trans_id = trans_id + 1;
   brelse(c_bh) ;
   brelse(d_bh) ;
-  reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
-  reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+  reiserfs_kfree(log_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
+  reiserfs_kfree(real_blocks, get_desc_trans_len(desc) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *), p_s_sb) ;
   return 0 ;
 }
 
@@ -1711,28 +1713,28 @@
     if (ret == 1) {
       desc = (struct reiserfs_journal_desc *)d_bh->b_data ;
       if (oldest_start == 0) { /* init all oldest_ values */
-        oldest_trans_id = le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id) ;
+        oldest_trans_id = get_desc_trans_id(desc) ;
 	oldest_start = d_bh->b_blocknr ;
-	newest_mount_id = le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id) ;
+	newest_mount_id = get_desc_mount_id(desc) ;
 	reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1179: Setting "
 	               "oldest_start to offset %lu, trans_id %lu\n", 
 		       oldest_start - SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb), 
 		       oldest_trans_id) ;
-      } else if (oldest_trans_id > le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id)) { 
+      } else if (oldest_trans_id > get_desc_trans_id(desc)) { 
         /* one we just read was older */
-        oldest_trans_id = le32_to_cpu(desc->j_trans_id) ;
+        oldest_trans_id = get_desc_trans_id(desc) ;
 	oldest_start = d_bh->b_blocknr ;
 	reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1180: Resetting "
 	               "oldest_start to offset %lu, trans_id %lu\n", 
 			oldest_start - SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb), 
 			oldest_trans_id) ;
       }
-      if (newest_mount_id < le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id)) {
-        newest_mount_id = le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id) ;
+      if (newest_mount_id < get_desc_mount_id(desc)) {
+        newest_mount_id = get_desc_mount_id(desc) ;
 	reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1299: Setting "
-	              "newest_mount_id to %d\n", le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id));
+	              "newest_mount_id to %d\n", get_desc_mount_id(desc));
       }
-      cur_dblock += le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) + 2 ;
+      cur_dblock += get_desc_trans_len(desc) + 2 ;
     } 
     else {
       cur_dblock++ ;
@@ -1993,6 +1995,18 @@
 	return result;
 }
 
+/* for blocksize >= 4096 - max transaction size is 1024. For block size < 4096+    - trans max size is decreased proportionally */
+static void set_trans_params (struct super_block * s)
+{
+    SB_JOURNAL_TRANS_MAX(s) = JOURNAL_TRANS_MAX_DEFAULT ;
+    SB_JOURNAL_MAX_BATCH(s) = JOURNAL_MAX_BATCH_DEFAULT ;
+
+    if (s->s_blocksize < 4096) {
+      SB_JOURNAL_TRANS_MAX(s) /= (4096 / s->s_blocksize) ;
+      SB_JOURNAL_MAX_BATCH(s) = (SB_JOURNAL_TRANS_MAX(s)) * 9 / 10 ;
+    }
+}
+
 /*
 ** must be called once on fs mount.  calls journal_read for you
 */
@@ -2003,14 +2017,6 @@
     struct reiserfs_journal_header *jh;
     struct reiserfs_journal *journal;
 
-  if (sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_commit) != 4096 ||
-      sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_desc) != 4096
-     ) {
-    printk("journal-1249: commit or desc struct not 4096 %Zd %Zd\n", sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_commit), 
-        sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_desc)) ;
-    return 1 ;
-  }
-
     journal = SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb) = vmalloc(sizeof (struct reiserfs_journal)) ;
     if (!journal) {
 	printk("journal-1256: unable to get memory for journal structure\n") ;
@@ -2149,6 +2155,8 @@
   SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_cnode_free = SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_cnode_free_list ? num_cnodes : 0 ;
   SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_cnode_used = 0 ;
   SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_must_wait = 0 ;
+  /* adjust max trans size and max trans batch */
+  set_trans_params (p_s_sb);
   init_journal_hash(p_s_sb) ;
   SB_JOURNAL_LIST(p_s_sb)[0].j_list_bitmap = get_list_bitmap(p_s_sb, SB_JOURNAL_LIST(p_s_sb)) ;
   if (!(SB_JOURNAL_LIST(p_s_sb)[0].j_list_bitmap)) {
@@ -2928,6 +2936,7 @@
   int commit_now = flags & COMMIT_NOW ;
   int wait_on_commit = flags & WAIT ;
   struct reiserfs_super_block *rs ; 
+  int trans_half ;
 
   if (reiserfs_dont_log(th->t_super)) {
     return 0 ;
@@ -2973,19 +2982,19 @@
   rs = SB_DISK_SUPER_BLOCK(p_s_sb) ;
   /* setup description block */
   d_bh = getblk(SB_JOURNAL_DEV(p_s_sb), SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb) + SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_start, p_s_sb->s_blocksize) ; 
-  mark_buffer_uptodate(d_bh, 1) ;
   desc = (struct reiserfs_journal_desc *)(d_bh)->b_data ;
-  memset(desc, 0, sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_desc)) ;
-  memcpy(desc->j_magic, JOURNAL_DESC_MAGIC, 8) ;
-  desc->j_trans_id = cpu_to_le32(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_trans_id) ;
+  memset(d_bh->b_data, 0, d_bh->b_size) ;
+  memcpy(get_journal_desc_magic (d_bh), JOURNAL_DESC_MAGIC, 8) ;
+  set_desc_trans_id(desc, SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_trans_id) ;
+  mark_buffer_uptodate(d_bh, 1) ;
 
   /* setup commit block.  Don't write (keep it clean too) this one until after everyone else is written */
   c_bh =  getblk(SB_JOURNAL_DEV(p_s_sb), SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(p_s_sb) + 
 		 ((SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_start + SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_len + 1) % SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)), 
 		 p_s_sb->s_blocksize) ;
   commit = (struct reiserfs_journal_commit *)c_bh->b_data ;
-  memset(commit, 0, sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_commit)) ;
-  commit->j_trans_id = cpu_to_le32(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_trans_id) ;
+  memset(c_bh->b_data, 0, c_bh->b_size) ;
+  set_commit_trans_id(commit, SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_trans_id) ;
   mark_buffer_uptodate(c_bh, 1) ;
 
   /* init this journal list */
@@ -3010,6 +3019,7 @@
   /* for each real block, add it to the journal list hash,
   ** copy into real block index array in the commit or desc block
   */
+  trans_half = journal_trans_half(p_s_sb->s_blocksize) ;
   for (i = 0, cn = SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_first ; cn ; cn = cn->next, i++) {
     if (test_bit(BH_JDirty, &cn->bh->b_state) ) {
       jl_cn = get_cnode(p_s_sb) ;
@@ -3037,27 +3047,27 @@
       jl_cn->bh = cn->bh ;
       jl_cn->jlist = SB_JOURNAL_LIST(p_s_sb) + SB_JOURNAL_LIST_INDEX(p_s_sb) ;
       insert_journal_hash(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_list_hash_table, jl_cn) ; 
-      if (i < JOURNAL_TRANS_HALF) {
+      if (i < trans_half) {
 	desc->j_realblock[i] = cpu_to_le32(cn->bh->b_blocknr) ;
       } else {
-	commit->j_realblock[i - JOURNAL_TRANS_HALF] = cpu_to_le32(cn->bh->b_blocknr) ;
+	commit->j_realblock[i - trans_half] = cpu_to_le32(cn->bh->b_blocknr) ;
       }
     } else {
       i-- ;
     }
   }
 
-  desc->j_len = cpu_to_le32(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_len)  ;
-  desc->j_mount_id = cpu_to_le32(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_mount_id) ;
-  desc->j_trans_id = cpu_to_le32(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_trans_id) ;
-  commit->j_len = cpu_to_le32(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_len) ;
+  set_desc_trans_len(desc, SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_len) ;
+  set_desc_mount_id(desc, SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_mount_id) ;
+  set_desc_trans_id(desc, SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_trans_id) ;
+  set_commit_trans_len(commit, SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_len);
 
   /* special check in case all buffers in the journal were marked for not logging */
   if (SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_len == 0) {
     brelse(d_bh) ;
     brelse(c_bh) ;
     unlock_journal(p_s_sb) ;
-printk("journal-2020: do_journal_end: BAD desc->j_len is ZERO\n") ;
+    printk("journal-2020: do_journal_end: BAD desc->j_len is ZERO\n") ;
     atomic_set(&(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_jlock), 0) ;
     wake_up(&(SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb)->j_join_wait)) ;
     return 0 ;
diff -uNr linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/prints.c linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
--- linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/prints.c	Tue Mar 12 15:25:21 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/prints.c	Wed Mar 13 11:52:23 2002
@@ -540,12 +540,13 @@
 {
     struct reiserfs_journal_desc * desc;
 
-    desc = (struct reiserfs_journal_desc *)(bh->b_data);
-    if (memcmp(desc->j_magic, JOURNAL_DESC_MAGIC, 8))
+    if (memcmp(get_journal_desc_magic (bh), JOURNAL_DESC_MAGIC, 8))
 	return 1;
 
+    desc = (struct reiserfs_journal_desc *)(bh->b_data);
     printk ("Desc block %lu (j_trans_id %d, j_mount_id %d, j_len %d)",
-	    bh->b_blocknr, desc->j_trans_id, desc->j_mount_id, desc->j_len);
+	    bh->b_blocknr, get_desc_trans_id (desc), get_desc_mount_id (desc),
+	    get_desc_trans_len (desc));
 
     return 0;
 }
diff -uNr linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/super.c linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/super.c
--- linux-2.5.6.1/fs/reiserfs/super.c	Tue Mar 12 15:25:27 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/super.c	Wed Mar 13 11:52:23 2002
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 
-#define REISERFS_OLD_BLOCKSIZE 4096
-#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING_OFFSET_NJ 20
-
 const char reiserfs_3_5_magic_string[] = REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING;
 const char reiserfs_3_6_magic_string[] = REISER2FS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING;
 const char reiserfs_jr_magic_string[] = REISER2FS_JR_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING;
@@ -497,7 +494,7 @@
 
 };
 
-/* this was (ext2)parse_options */
+
 static int parse_options (char * options, unsigned long * mount_options, unsigned long * blocks, char **jdev_name)
 {
     char * this_char;
diff -uNr linux-2.5.6.1/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h linux-2.5.6/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
--- linux-2.5.6.1/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h	Wed Mar 13 10:57:48 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h	Wed Mar 13 11:52:23 2002
@@ -1566,28 +1566,42 @@
 /***************************************************************************/
 
 /*#ifdef __KERNEL__*/
+#define get_journal_desc_magic(bh) (bh->b_data + bh->b_size - 12)
 
-/* journal.c see journal.c for all the comments here */
-
-#define JOURNAL_TRANS_HALF 1018   /* must be correct to keep the desc and commit structs at 4k */
+#define journal_trans_half(blocksize) \
+	((blocksize - sizeof (struct reiserfs_journal_desc) + sizeof (__u32) - 12) / sizeof (__u32))
 
+/* journal.c see journal.c for all the comments here */
 
 /* first block written in a commit.  */
 struct reiserfs_journal_desc {
   __u32 j_trans_id ;			/* id of commit */
   __u32 j_len ;			/* length of commit. len +1 is the commit block */
   __u32 j_mount_id ;				/* mount id of this trans*/
-  __u32 j_realblock[JOURNAL_TRANS_HALF] ; /* real locations for each block */
-  char j_magic[12] ;
+  __u32 j_realblock[1] ; /* real locations for each block */
 } ;
 
+#define get_desc_trans_id(d)   le32_to_cpu((d)->j_trans_id)
+#define get_desc_trans_len(d)  le32_to_cpu((d)->j_len)
+#define get_desc_mount_id(d)   le32_to_cpu((d)->j_mount_id)
+
+#define set_desc_trans_id(d,val)       do { (d)->j_trans_id = cpu_to_le32 (val); } while (0)
+#define set_desc_trans_len(d,val)      do { (d)->j_len = cpu_to_le32 (val); } while (0)
+#define set_desc_mount_id(d,val)       do { (d)->j_mount_id = cpu_to_le32 (val); } while (0)
+
 /* last block written in a commit */
 struct reiserfs_journal_commit {
   __u32 j_trans_id ;			/* must match j_trans_id from the desc block */
   __u32 j_len ;			/* ditto */
-  __u32 j_realblock[JOURNAL_TRANS_HALF] ; /* real locations for each block */
-  char j_digest[16] ;			/* md5 sum of all the blocks involved, including desc and commit. not used, kill it */
+  __u32 j_realblock[1] ; /* real locations for each block */
 } ;
+
+#define get_commit_trans_id(c) le32_to_cpu((c)->j_trans_id)
+#define get_commit_trans_len(c)        le32_to_cpu((c)->j_len)
+#define get_commit_mount_id(c) le32_to_cpu((c)->j_mount_id)
+
+#define set_commit_trans_id(c,val)     do { (c)->j_trans_id = cpu_to_le32 (val); } while (0)
+#define set_commit_trans_len(c,val)    do { (c)->j_len = cpu_to_le32 (val); } while (0)
 
 /* this header block gets written whenever a transaction is considered fully flushed, and is more recent than the
 ** last fully flushed transaction.  fully flushed means all the log blocks and all the real blocks are on disk,
