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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:03:30 -0800
From: David Greenman <davidg>
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Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_vfsops.c
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davidg      95/03/18 10:03:30

  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. This is because the vnode
  remains locked during the output - preventing normal character
  I/O. The problem was exacerbated by the FFS contiguous block
  allocation fixes and a semi-broken disksort(). The inode/date
  will still be synced during a normal FS dismount and whenever
  the inode is changed for other reasons.