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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html