On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 7:29 PM James Harvey <jamespharve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Was using a temporary BTRFS volume to compile mongodb, which is quite > intensive and takes quite a bit of time. The volume has been > deadlocked for about 12 hours. > > ...
Surprisingly, I was able to touch an unrelated file on the volume while the deadlock was ongoing. I was able to CTRL+C the process, and all of the uninterruptible sleep processes quit. I was able to delete the partial compilation and restart. All without having to remount the volume or reboot.
