in file buf0mtflu.cc line 570.

Analysis: Real timing bug, we should take the mutex before we
try to send those shutdown messages, that would make sure
that threads doing a unfinished flush (they have acquired
this mutex) have time to do their work before we add shutdown
messages to work queue. Currently, we just add those shutdown
messages to work queue and code assumes that at flush, there
is constant number of items to be processed and thus
leading to assertion.