On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 03:58:21PM -0600, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote: > except what you really need is more like: > > while (something_to_be_flushed) { > if (systat_disk_%busy >= 90) { > temporarily_let_new_io_bypass_softdep() > } > else > turn_off_bypass() > flush_some_data(); > }; That's true. Makes it less beautiful. ;) :( -jm