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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_vfsops.c 
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David Greenman writes:
> >>   Modified:    sys/ufs/ffs ffs_vfsops.c
> >>   Log:
> >>   Don't sync the inode date changes of character special devices
> >>   during the FS sync. The system would appear to hang momentarily
> >>   if there was a large backlog of I/O.
> >
> >Is this what you hope is causing the 'pauses' in the system?
> 
>    Hope? After hours of debugging, I *know* that it is a cause. I don't
> guarantee that it is the only cause, however.

I meant, do you hope it's the only cause.  Sorry if I wasn't explicit
enough.


Nate