Here the output of strace
# strace /bin/btrfs send -e -p /var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-10_10:00:26.daily /var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42.manual ly.part -f trans.btrfs -v --no-data execve("/bin/btrfs", ["/bin/btrfs", "send", "-e", "-p", "/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@de"..., "/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@de"..., "-f", "trans.btrfs", "-v", "--no-data"], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0x1efc000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22ab18f000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=148788, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 148788, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f22ab16a000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\260\25\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=19008, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 2113936, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f22aad69000 mprotect(0x7f22aad6d000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f22aaf6c000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3000) = 0x7f22aaf6c000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0000\215\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=271112, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 2370272, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f22aab26000 mprotect(0x7f22aab63000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f22aad63000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3d000) = 0x7f22aad63000 mmap(0x7f22aad68000, 2784, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22aad68000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \"\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=109144, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22ab169000 mmap(NULL, 2204200, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f22aa90b000 mprotect(0x7f22aa925000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f22aab24000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x19000) = 0x7f22aab24000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzo2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=137296, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 2232560, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f22aa6e9000 mprotect(0x7f22aa70a000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f22aa909000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x20000) = 0x7f22aa909000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0a\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=135744, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 2212904, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f22aa4cc000 mprotect(0x7f22aa4e4000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f22aa6e3000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x17000) = 0x7f22aa6e3000 mmap(0x7f22aa6e5000, 13352, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22aa6e5000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0P\10\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1697504, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22ab168000 mmap(NULL, 3803552, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f22aa12b000 mprotect(0x7f22aa2c2000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f22aa4c2000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x197000) = 0x7f22aa4c2000 mmap(0x7f22aa4c8000, 14752, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22aa4c8000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22ab167000 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f22ab165000 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f22ab1658c0) = 0 mprotect(0x7f22aa4c2000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f22aa6e3000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f22aa909000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f22aab24000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f22aaf6c000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f22aad63000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x681000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f22ab191000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x7f22ab16a000, 148788) = 0 set_tid_address(0x7f22ab165b90) = 18744 set_robust_list(0x7f22ab165ba0, 24) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0x7f22aa4d1ba0, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_SIGINFO, 0x7f22aa4dced0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0x7f22aa4d1c30, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, 0x7f22aa4dced0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0 getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM64_INFINITY}) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0x1efc000 brk(0x1f1e000) = 0x1f1e000 lstat("/var", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=128, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=730, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=9440, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-10_10:00:26 .daily", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=360, ...}) = 0 openat(0, "/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-10_10:00:26.daily ", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME) = 3 ioctl(3, BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_GETFLAGS, BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY) = 0 close(3) = 0 creat("trans.btrfs", 0600) = 3 ioctl(3, TCGETS, 0x7ffdf0af95b0) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device) lstat("/var", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=128, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=730, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=9440, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42 .manually.part", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=360, ...}) = 0 open("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42. manually.part", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME) = 4 close(4) = 0 open("/proc/self/mounts", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4 futex(0x7f22aa4c9008, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 read(4, "sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev"..., 1024) = 1024 read(4, " cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,r"..., 1024) = 1024 read(4, "e=437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=m"..., 1024) = 1024 read(4, "e,subvolid=262,subvol=/__ALWAYSC"..., 1024) = 1024 read(4, "RRENT__/var-log 0 0\n/dev/sda3 /h"..., 1024) = 1024 read(4, "ackup-local btrfs ro,relatime,co"..., 1024) = 558 read(4, "", 1024) = 0 close(4) = 0 lstat("/var", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=128, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=730, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=9440, ...}) = 0 open("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME) = 4 ioctl(4, BTRFS_IOC_TREE_SEARCH, {key={tree_id=1 /* BTRFS_ROOT_TREE_OBJECTID */, min_objectid=9 /* BTRFS_UUID_TREE_OBJECTID */, max_objectid=9 /* BTRFS_UUID_TREE_OBJECTID */, max_offset=18446744073709551615 /* UINT64_MAX */, max_transid=18446744073709551615 /* UINT64_MAX */, min_type=132 /* BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY */, max_type=132 /* BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY */, nr_items=1}} => {key={nr_items=1}, buf=...}) = 0 openat(4, "@debian-testing.2016-08-10_10:00:26.daily", O_RDONLY) = 5 ioctl(5, BTRFS_IOC_INO_LOOKUP, {treeid=0, objectid=256 /* BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID */} => {treeid=15047, name=""}) = 0 close(5) = 0 ioctl(4, BTRFS_IOC_TREE_SEARCH, {key={tree_id=1 /* BTRFS_ROOT_TREE_OBJECTID */, min_objectid=15047, max_objectid=15047, max_offset=18446744073709551615 /* UINT64_MAX */, max_transid=18446744073709551615 /* UINT64_MAX */, min_type=132 /* BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY */, max_type=132 /* BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY */, nr_items=4096}} => {key={nr_items=1}, buf=...}) = 0 ioctl(4, BTRFS_IOC_TREE_SEARCH, {key={tree_id=1 /* BTRFS_ROOT_TREE_OBJECTID */, min_objectid=15047, max_objectid=15047, min_offset=246948, max_offset=18446744073709551615 /* UINT64_MAX */, max_transid=18446744073709551615 /* UINT64_MAX */, min_type=132 /* BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY */, max_type=132 /* BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY */, nr_items=1}} => {key={nr_items=0}, buf=...}) = 0 lstat("/var", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=128, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=730, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=9440, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42 .manually.part", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=360, ...}) = 0 open("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42. manually.part", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME) = 5 close(5) = 0 open("/proc/self/mounts", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 5 fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 read(5, "sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev"..., 1024) = 1024 read(5, " cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,r"..., 1024) = 1024 read(5, "e=437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=m"..., 1024) = 1024 read(5, "e,subvolid=262,subvol=/__ALWAYSC"..., 1024) = 1024 read(5, "RRENT__/var-log 0 0\n/dev/sda3 /h"..., 1024) = 1024 read(5, "ackup-local btrfs ro,relatime,co"..., 1024) = 558 read(5, "", 1024) = 0 close(5) = 0 lstat("/var", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=128, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=730, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=9440, ...}) = 0 openat(4, "/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42.manua lly.part", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME) = 5 ioctl(5, BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_GETFLAGS, BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY) = 0 close(5) = 0 write(2, "Mode NO_FILE_DATA enabled\n", 26Mode NO_FILE_DATA enabled ) = 26 write(2, "At subvol /var/cache/btrfs_pool_"..., 89At subvol /var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42.manual ly.part ) = 89 lstat("/var", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=128, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=730, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=9440, ...}) = 0 lstat("/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42 .manually.part", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=360, ...}) = 0 openat(4, "/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42.manua lly.part", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME) = 5 ioctl(5, BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_GETFLAGS, BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY) = 0 close(5) = 0 openat(4, "/var/cache/btrfs_pool_SYSTEM/@debian-testing.2016-08-11_00:30:42.manua lly.part", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME) = 5 pipe([6, 7]) = 0 mmap(NULL, 8392704, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_STACK, -1, 0) = 0x7f22a992a000 mprotect(0x7f22a992a000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0 clone(child_stack=0x7f22aa129e30, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SY SVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, parent_tidptr=0x7f22aa12a9d0, tls=0x7f22aa12a700, child_tidptr=0x7f22aa12a9d0) = 18745 ioctl(5, BTRFS_IOC_SEND, {send_fd=7, clone_sources_count=1, clone_sources=..., parent_root=15047, flags=BTRFS_SEND_FLAG_NO_FILE_DATA}) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "ERROR: ", 7ERROR: ) = 7 write(2, "send ioctl failed with -2: No su"..., 52send ioctl failed with -2: No such file or directory) = 52 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 close(5) = 0 close(6) = 0 close(7) = 0 close(4) = 0 exit_group(1) = ? +++ exited with 1 +++