The linked commits have been merged for Linux 3.5 and should improve dpkg on btrfs a bit (I did not test personally).
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=5bdbeb2187a99d690b374a8c5ec9911fcbcfe739 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=22ee6985de7d3e81ec0cef9c6ba01b45ad1bafeb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601299 Title: btrfs fsync() is extremely slow To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/601299/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs