--- kern/vfs_subr.c.orig	Thu Jan 31 11:27:22 2002
+++ kern/vfs_subr.c	Thu Jan 31 15:06:40 2002
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
 #define SYNCER_MAXDELAY		32
 static int syncer_maxdelay = SYNCER_MAXDELAY;	/* maximum delay time */
 time_t syncdelay = 30;		/* max time to delay syncing data */
+time_t asyncdelay = 30;		/* time to ignore syncing data */
+/* no syncing done for asyncdelay - syncdelay seconds */
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, asyncdelay, CTLFLAG_RW, &asyncdelay, 0, "");
+static time_t asynccount = 0;   /* current time before syncing */
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, asynccount, CTLFLAG_RD, &asynccount, 0, "");
 time_t filedelay = 30;		/* time to delay syncing files */
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, filedelay, CTLFLAG_RW, &filedelay, 0, "");
 time_t dirdelay = 29;		/* time to delay syncing directories */
@@ -1113,6 +1118,17 @@
 	for (;;) {
 		kproc_suspend_loop(p);
 
+		/* Stop the syncer when syncdelay < asynccount <= asyncdelay */
+		asynccount -= 1;
+		if (asynccount < 0 || asynccount > asyncdelay)
+			asynccount = asyncdelay;
+		if (rushjob > 0)
+			asynccount = syncdelay;
+		if (asynccount > syncdelay) {
+			tsleep(&lbolt, PPAUSE, "syncer", 0);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		starttime = time_second;
 
 		/*
@@ -2633,6 +2649,7 @@
  * perform msync on all vnodes under a mount point
  * the mount point must be locked.
  */
+/* JG: Beware I added MNT_LAZY case when called from sync_fsync */
 void
 vfs_msync(struct mount *mp, int flags) 
 {
@@ -2643,6 +2660,8 @@
 	tries = 5;
 	simple_lock(&mntvnode_slock);
 loop:
+	if ((mp->mnt_flag & MNT_SOFTDEP) && (flags != MNT_LAZY))
+		asynccount = syncdelay;
 	for (vp = TAILQ_FIRST(&mp->mnt_nvnodelist); vp != NULL; vp = nvp) {
 		if (vp->v_mount != mp) {
 			if (--tries > 0)
@@ -2926,7 +2945,7 @@
 	}
 	asyncflag = mp->mnt_flag & MNT_ASYNC;
 	mp->mnt_flag &= ~MNT_ASYNC;
-	vfs_msync(mp, MNT_NOWAIT);
+	vfs_msync(mp, MNT_LAZY);
 	VFS_SYNC(mp, MNT_LAZY, ap->a_cred, p);
 	if (asyncflag)
 		mp->mnt_flag |= MNT_ASYNC;