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Subject: Re: No clean _or_ dirty blocks to GC from! 
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ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov said:
>  Possibilities:
> 1. Change nothing.  The software doesn't get confused, just the
> operator.

Works for me :) But probably not the right thing to do :)

> 2. Add code to avoid the printk's when there are plenty of _free_
> blocks.

Seems sane, if it's necessary. Probably just downgrade it to a debugging 
message.

> 3. Don't trigger the GC on mount unless there is something to do. 

The first thing the thread does on mount is sleep anyway. I'm not sure why 
it's getting woken.

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dwmw2