diff --git a/kmod/src/manifest.c b/kmod/src/manifest.c
index 48277ab0..7ad89c35 100644
--- a/kmod/src/manifest.c
+++ b/kmod/src/manifest.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@ int scoutfs_manifest_next_compact(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 			break;
 	}
 
+	trace_printk("level %d\n", level);
+
 	if (level < 0) {
 		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/kmod/src/trans.c b/kmod/src/trans.c
index 6b10cd55..adbab3cb 100644
--- a/kmod/src/trans.c
+++ b/kmod/src/trans.c
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ void scoutfs_trans_write_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	scoutfs_filerw_free_alloc(sb);
 #endif
 
+	trace_printk("dirty bytes %ld manifest dirty %d alloc dirty %d\n",
+		     scoutfs_item_dirty_bytes(sb),
+		     scoutfs_manifest_has_dirty(sb),
+		     scoutfs_alloc_has_dirty(sb));
+
 	/*
 	 * XXX this needs serious work to handle errors.
 	 */
@@ -184,6 +189,8 @@ int scoutfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	struct write_attempt attempt;
 	int ret;
 
+	trace_printk("wait %d\n", wait);
+
 	if (!wait) {
 		queue_trans_work(sbi);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/kmod/src/treap.c b/kmod/src/treap.c
index f458aa76..b6346df3 100644
--- a/kmod/src/treap.c
+++ b/kmod/src/treap.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static void update_internal_aug(struct scoutfs_treap *treap,
 	while (node) {
 		bits = node_aug_bits(treap, node);
 		ref = parent_ref(treap, node);
+		trace_printk("node %p bits %x parent %p ref bits %x\n",
+				node, bits, node->parent, ref->aug_bits);
 		if (ref->aug_bits == bits)
 			break;
 		ref->aug_bits = bits;
@@ -377,6 +379,9 @@ static void repair(struct scoutfs_treap *treap, struct treap_node *node)
 	update_internal_aug(treap, node);
 	update_data_aug(treap, node);
 	rebalance(treap, node);
+
+	trace_printk("treap %p root aug %x\n",
+		     treap, treap->root_ref.aug_bits);
 }
 
 static struct treap_node *alloc_node(u16 bytes)
@@ -424,6 +429,9 @@ static bool mark_node_dirty(struct scoutfs_treap *treap, struct treap_ref *ref,
 	if (dirty_node(treap, node))
 		return false;
 
+	trace_printk("node %p off %llu gen %llu now dirty\n",
+		     node, node->off, node->gen);
+
 	treap->dirty_bytes += node_ring_bytes(node);
 	treap->dirty = true;