On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 07:09:39PM +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> On 03/04/16 18:31, Marc Haber wrote:
> > I have another btrfs on the same host that has no the no space left on
> > device balance issue, but on another disk. On this btrfs, it seems
> > like a balance process is stuck, with a lot of hanging kernel
> > threads. After a reboot, when I mount the filesystem, the balance
> > immediately starts again. btrfs balance cancel just hangs around with
> > no visible reaction for hours.
> > 
> > Log appended. Is there rescue?
> 
> Can't offer much help other than to recommend to *always* mount with
> -o skip_balance, which IMHO should have been the default behaviour
> from the beginning.

That's an important hint. The btrfs balance cancel has worked over
night though.

> Then try to balance in small increments.

-dusage=5 and incrementing? Or what do you mean with "in small
increments"?

Greetings
Marc

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