rm a_large_file takes too long under linux-2.2.1 (also unSTOPable)

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I made a large file "dd if=/dev/zero of=blah count=1000000" immediately
followed by "rm blah". It took me about 20 second, and I couldn't even
send STOP signal to the process (^Z). Is this a new feature or a side
effect of a bugfix?

Any useful comments are welcome.

Sincerely,

Sang Kang

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