Public bug reported: No matter if I change the btrfs raid level to 0 or 1 Ubuntu 12.10 crashes. The screen is frozen and btrfs balance stopped. After turning off and on btrfs continues the balance job without any further crashes or errors.
What I have: btrfs with @, @home, @opt, @var all mounted respectively What I do: sudo btrfs balance start -dconvert=raid0 -mconvert=raid1 / or sudo btrfs balance start -dconvert=raid1 -mconvert=raid1 / The crash happend once every time I changed the raid level on a root mounted btrfs. There is no /var/log/syslog or dmesg message about this. ** Affects: btrfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133179 Title: btrfs balance crashes Ubuntu 12.10 when online changing raid level To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/btrfs-tools/+bug/1133179/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs