From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:58341 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750868AbaJTEWu (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:22:50 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xg4Ua-0006Vw-6M for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:22:48 +0200 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:22:48 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:22:48 +0200 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: Re: 3.16.3..3.17.1 hang in renameat2() Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 04:22:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20141019192525.GA29401@hungrycats.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Zygo Blaxell posted on Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:25:26 -0400 as excerpted: > It is the rename (mv) that is getting stuck. It seems to hold a lock > that prevents any process from later traversing d/e with find or ls, but > does not prevent a stat on the path 'd/e/f' (which reports that d/e/f is > now a hard link to a/b/c). Just a btrfs user and list regular here, but this bit sounds very much like the symptoms from another current thread, except if a rename got stuck, he apparently never noticed. Try looking up the "strange 3.16.3 problem" thread, OP Russell Coker, Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:54:19 +1100, Message-ID: <201410181454.19375.russell@coker.com.au> Here's the gmane link to the first post; you can follow the link from there to get the thread. Symptoms: # find . -name "*546" ./1412233213.M638209P10546 # ls -l ./1412233213.M638209P10546 ls: cannot access ./1412233213.M638209P10546: No such file or directory -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman