Public bug reported: tsmsrvi and tsmsrvj both run Ubuntu 20.04 with all updates applied. When I try to access a btrfs filesystem via nfs, I get the error:
root@tsmsrvi:~# mount tsmsrvj:/data/fex /nfs/tsmsrvj/fex root@tsmsrvi:~# find /nfs/tsmsrvj/fex /nfs/tsmsrvj/fex find: File system loop detected; '/nfs/tsmsrvj/fex/spool' is part of the same file system loop as '/nfs/tsmsrvj/fex'. root@tsmsrvi:~# du -s /nfs/tsmsrvj/fex du: WARNING: Circular directory structure. This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system. NOTIFY YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER. The following directory is part of the cycle: /nfs/tsmsrvj/fex/spool 0 /nfs/tsmsrvj/fex root@tsmsrvi:~# ls -l /nfs/tsmsrvj/fex/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 1 fex fex 261964 Mar 7 14:53 spool On tsmsrvj I have in /etc/exports: /data/fex localhost(rw,async,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash) /data/fex tsmsrvi(rw,async,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash) /data/fex is a btrfs filesystem with subvolumes: root@tsmsrvj:~# mount | grep /data /dev/sdb1 on /data type btrfs (rw,relatime,space_cache,user_subvol_rm_allowed,subvolid=5,subvol=/) root@tsmsrvj:~# btrfs subvolume list /data ID 257 gen 35 top level 5 path fex ID 270 gen 36 top level 257 path fex/spool ID 271 gen 21 top level 270 path fex/spool/.snapshot/2021-03-07_1453.test ID 272 gen 23 top level 270 path fex/spool/.snapshot/2021-03-07_1531.test ID 273 gen 25 top level 270 path fex/spool/.snapshot/2021-03-07_1532.test ID 274 gen 27 top level 270 path fex/spool/.snapshot/2021-03-07_1718.test Accessing btrfs directly without nfs has no problems: root@tsmsrvj:~# find /data/fex | wc -l 489887 root@tsmsrvj:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Release: 20.04 root@tsmsrvj:# uname -a Linux tsmsrvj 5.4.0-66-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 27 22:54:38 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@tsmsrvj:# btrfs version btrfs-progs v5.4.1 root@tsmsrvj:# dpkg -l | grep nfs- ii nfs-common 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.3 amd64 NFS support files common to client and server ii nfs-kernel-server 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.3 amd64 support for NFS kernel server ** Affects: 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/1918599 Title: "File system loop detected" with btrfs over NFS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1918599/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs