ch reduces the CPU time spent in the extent buffer search by using the radix tree instead of the rbtree and using the rcu lock instead of the spin lock. I did a quick test by the benchmark tool[1] and found the patch improve the file creation/deletion performance problem that I have reported[2]. Before applying this patch: Create files: Total files: 50000 Total time: 0.971531 Average time: 0.000019 Delete files: Total files: 50000 Total time: 1.366761 Average time: 0.000027 After applying this patch: Create files: Total files: 50000 Total time: 0.927455 Average time: 0.000019 Delete files: Total files: 50000 Total time: 1.292280 Average time: 0.000026 [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-btrfs&m=128212635122920&q=p3 [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-btrfs&m=128212635122920&w=2 Signed-off-by: Miao Xie Signed-off-by: Chris Mason à w