syncer(4) on FreeBSD
The text 16aa56ffb6f6, as FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE shipped it.
filesystem synchronizer kernel process