Index: geom_io.c
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RCS file: /private/FreeBSD/src/sys/geom/geom_io.c,v
retrieving revision 1.57
diff -u -p -r1.57 geom_io.c
--- geom_io.c	11 Aug 2004 12:04:35 -0000	1.57
+++ geom_io.c	12 Aug 2004 16:31:07 -0000
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static struct g_bioq g_bio_run_down;
 static struct g_bioq g_bio_run_up;
 static struct g_bioq g_bio_run_task;
 
-static u_int pace;
+static int slowdown;
 static uma_zone_t	biozone;
 
 #include <machine/atomic.h>
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ g_io_deliver(struct bio *bp, int error)
 		bp->bio_children = 0;
 		bp->bio_inbed = 0;
 		g_io_request(bp, cp);
-		pace++;
+		slowdown = 1;
 		return;
 	}
 	bp->bio_error = error;
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ g_io_schedule_down(struct thread *tp __u
 			continue;
 		}
 		g_bioq_unlock(&g_bio_run_down);
-		if (pace > 0) {
+		if (slowdown) {
 			msleep(&error, NULL, PRIBIO, "g_down", hz/10);
-			pace--;
+			slowdown = 0;
 		}
 		error = g_io_check(bp);
 		if (error) {