From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from magic.merlins.org ([209.81.13.136]:34763 "EHLO mail1.merlins.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751360AbaEDHy3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 May 2014 03:54:29 -0400 Received: from i118-21-136-4.s30.a048.ap.plala.or.jp ([118.21.136.4]:18717 helo=legolas.merlins.org) by mail1.merlins.org with esmtpsa (Cipher TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80 #2) id 1WgrFk-0003aS-RM by authid with srv_auth_plain for ; Sun, 04 May 2014 00:54:29 -0700 Received: from merlin by legolas.merlins.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WgrFd-0004dH-QS for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 00:54:21 -0700 Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 00:54:07 -0700 From: Marc MERLIN To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: btrfs scrub will not start nor cancel howto Message-ID: <20140504075407.GM9061@merlins.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This has been asked a few times, so I ended up writing a blog entry on it http://marc.merlins.org/perso/btrfs/post_2014-04-26_Btrfs-Tips_-Cancel-A-Btrfs-Scrub-That-Is-Already-Stopped.html and in the end pasted all of it in the main wiki https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Problem_FAQ#btrfs_scrub_will_not_start_nor_cancel Of course, this is really a stopgap until the cancel tool can realize that the scrub isn't really running anymore, and update the state file on its own. Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | PGP 1024R/763BE901