diff -urN linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/super.h linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/super.h
--- linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/super.h	2007-12-29 19:53:04.837605194 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/super.h	2007-12-29 20:04:11.136691674 +0300
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 
 	/* operations for objects on this file system */
 	struct object_ops ops;
-
+	__u32 atom_max_nrpointers;
 	/*
 	 * structure to maintain d_cursors. See plugin/file_ops_readdir.c for
 	 * more details
diff -urN linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c
--- linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c	2007-12-29 19:53:04.869613413 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c	2007-12-29 22:02:40.671070164 +0300
@@ -1235,6 +1235,30 @@
 	    atom->txnh_count == atom->nr_waiters && atom_should_commit(atom);
 }
 
+static void check_print_atom_nrpointers (txn_atom * atom)
+{
+	reiser4_super_info_data *sbinfo = get_current_super_private();
+
+	spin_lock_reiser4_super(sbinfo);
+	if ((unsigned)atom_pointer_count(atom) > sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers) {
+		sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers = atom_pointer_count(atom);
+#if REISER4_DEBUG
+		printk("edward-1555: atom %p has max_nr_pointers (%d), clean (%d), dirty (%d)\n",
+		       atom, atom_pointer_count(atom), atom->clean, atom->dirty);
+#else
+		printk("edward-1555: atom %p has max_nr_pointers (%d)\n",
+		       atom, atom_pointer_count(atom));
+#endif
+	}
+	if (atom_is_committable(atom) &&
+	    (unsigned)atom_pointer_count(atom) == sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers) {
+		printk("edward-1556: commit atom %p with max nrpointers %d\n",
+		       atom, sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
+	spin_unlock_reiser4_super(sbinfo);
+}
+
 /* called periodically from ktxnmgrd to commit old atoms. Releases ktxnmgrd spin
  * lock at exit */
 int commit_some_atoms(txn_mgr * mgr)
@@ -1264,6 +1288,7 @@
 		 * first test without taking atom spin lock, whether it is
 		 * eligible for committing at all
 		 */
+		check_print_atom_nrpointers(atom);
 		if (atom_is_committable(atom)) {
 			/* now, take spin lock and re-check */
 			spin_lock_atom(atom);
@@ -1683,7 +1708,7 @@
 			   flusher */
 			reiser4_atom_set_stage(cd->atom, ASTAGE_CAPTURE_WAIT);
 			cd->atom->flags |= ATOM_FORCE_COMMIT;
-
+			check_print_atom_nrpointers(cd->atom);
 			result =
 			    commit_current_atom(&cd->nr_written, &cd->atom);
 			if (result != 0 && result != -E_REPEAT)