diff --git a/src/test/bench/task-perf-vector-party.rs b/src/test/bench/task-perf-vector-party.rs
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+// Vectors are allocated in the Rust kernel's memory region, use of
+// which requires some amount of synchronization. This test exercises
+// that synchronization by spawning a number of tasks and then
+// allocating and freeing vectors.
+
+use std;
+import std::vec;
+import std::uint;
+import std::istr;
+import std::task;
+
+fn f(n: uint) {
+    for each i in uint::range(0u, n) {
+        let v: [u8] = [];
+        vec::reserve(v, 1000u);
+    }
+}
+
+fn main(args: [istr]) {
+    let n = if vec::len(args) < 2u {
+        100u
+    } else {
+        uint::parse_buf(istr::bytes(args[1]), 10u)
+    };
+    for each i in uint::range(0u, 100u) {
+        task::spawn(bind f(n));
+    }
+}
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