[ "$DAEMONFILE" ] && $LCTL debug_daemon start $DAEMONFILE $DAEMONSIZE
-sleep 10 # Avert LVM and VM inability to flush caches in pre .33 kernels
+# LU-482 Avert LVM and VM inability to flush caches in pre .33 kernels
+if [ $LINUX_VERSION_CODE -lt $(kernel_version 2 6 33) ]; then
+ sync; sleep 5; sync; sleep 5; sync; sleep 5
+fi
test_0a() {
touch $MOUNT2/$tfile-A # force sync FLD/SEQ update before barrier