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Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> It does not really look like a locking problem. If you look at the profiling
> logs it is pretty clear that the problem is the algorithm used in
> bitmap.c:find_forward. find_forward and reiserfs_in_journal
> ...
> journaled blocks set also, to quickly skip them for the common case.

I'm very interested in the way you did profiling.
Did you compile the kernel with profiling options (gprof ?) ?
If so, where the profiling information file is saved ?

Thanks

-Manu