stress test deadlock involving vm and/or geom

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <200509290731.j8T7V2OR007019 at gw.catspoiler.org>, Don Lewis writes:

>(kgdb) print runningbufspace
>$3 = 1585152
>(kgdb) print lorunningspace
>$4 = 524288
>print hirunningspace
>$5 = 1048576
>
>so runningbufspace >> hirunningspace
>
>The bufdaemon and the syncer both ignore the runningbufspace limit.
>Maybe they should obey the limit, but each be guaranteed a minimum
>quota.

I'm not quite sure what a/the sensible solution is, but the
lemming-syncer certainly is my prime suspect.

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