Hi Here is a backtrace for a SIGSEGV in md-cache code. Note inode = NULL when mdc_inode_iatt_set() is called by mdc_setattr_cbk(). It seems that local got corupted in the later function #0 0xbbb3a7c9 in pthread_spin_lock () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 #1 0xbaa09d8c in mdc_inode_prep (this=0xba3e5000, inode=0x0) at md-cache.c:267 #2 0xbaa0a1bf in mdc_inode_iatt_set (this=0xba3e5000, inode=0x0, iatt=0xb9401d40) at md-cache.c:384 #3 0xbaa0ee16 in mdc_setattr_cbk (frame=0xbb77f400, cookie=0xbb77f470, this=0xba3e5000, op_ret=0, op_errno=0, prebuf=0xb9401cd8, postbuf=0xb9401d40, xdata=0x0) at md-cache.c:1423 #4 0xbaa1d0ec in qr_fsetattr_cbk () from /usr/local/lib/glusterfs/3.3git/xlator/performance/quick-read.so #5 0xbbb8ac72 in default_fsetattr_cbk (frame=0xbb77f0f0, cookie=0xbb77f160, this=0xba3e3000, op_ret=0, op_errno=0, statpre=0xb9401cd8, statpost=0xb9401d40, xdata=0x0) at defaults.c:452 #6 0xbbb8ac72 in default_fsetattr_cbk (frame=0xbb77f160, cookie=0xbb77f1d0, this=0xba3e2000, op_ret=0, op_errno=0, statpre=0xb9401cd8, statpost=0xb9401d40, xdata=0x0) at defaults.c:452 #7 0xbbb8ac72 in default_fsetattr_cbk (frame=0xbb77f1d0, cookie=0xbb77f240, this=0xba3e1000, op_ret=0, op_errno=0, statpre=0xb9401cd8, statpost=0xb9401d40, xdata=0x0) at defaults.c:452 #8 0xb9aa9d23 in afr_fsetattr_unwind (frame=0xba801ee8, this=0xba3d1000) at afr-inode-write.c:1160 #9 0xb9aa9f01 in afr_fsetattr_wind_cbk (frame=0xba801ee8, cookie=0x0, this=0xba3d1000, op_ret=0, op_errno=0, preop=0xbfbfe880, postop=0xbfbfe818, xdata=0x0) at afr-inode-write.c:1221 #10 0xbaa6a099 in client3_1_fsetattr_cbk (req=0xb90010d8, iov=0xb90010f8, count=1, myframe=0xbb77f010) at client3_1-fops.c:1897 #11 0xbbb6975e in rpc_clnt_handle_reply (clnt=0xba3c5270, pollin=0xbb77d220) at rpc-clnt.c:788 #12 0xbbb699fb in rpc_clnt_notify (trans=0xbb70f000, mydata=0xba3c5290, event=RPC_TRANSPORT_MSG_RECEIVED, data=0xbb77d220) at rpc-clnt.c:907 #13 0xbbb659c7 in rpc_transport_notify (this=0xbb70f000, event=RPC_TRANSPORT_MSG_RECEIVED, data=0xbb77d220) at rpc-transport.c:489 #14 0xbaa9327e in socket_event_poll_in () from /usr/local/lib/glusterfs/3.3git/rpc-transport/socket.so #15 0xbaa937f5 in socket_event_handler () from /usr/local/lib/glusterfs/3.3git/rpc-transport/socket.so #16 0xbbbb281f in event_dispatch_poll_handler (event_pool=0xbb73b080, ufds=0xbb77e6a0, i=2) at event.c:357 #17 0xbbbb2a8b in event_dispatch_poll (event_pool=0xbb73b080) at event.c:437 #18 0xbbbb2db7 in event_dispatch (event_pool=0xbb73b080) at event.c:947 #19 0x0805015e in main () (gdb) frame 3 #3 0xbaa0ee16 in mdc_setattr_cbk (frame=0xbb77f400, cookie=0xbb77f470, this=0xba3e5000, op_ret=0, op_errno=0, prebuf=0xb9401cd8, postbuf=0xb9401d40, xdata=0x0) at md-cache.c:1423 1423 mdc_inode_iatt_set (this, local->loc.inode, postbuf); (gdb) print *local $2 = {loc = {path = 0x0, name = 0x0, inode = 0x0, parent = 0x0, gfid = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, pargfid = '\000' <repeats 15 times>}, loc2 = {path = 0x0, name = 0x0, inode = 0x0, parent = 0x0, gfid = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, pargfid = '\000' <repeats 15 times>}, fd = 0xb8f9d054, linkname = 0x0, xattr = 0x0} -- Emmanuel Dreyfus http://hcpnet.free.fr/pubz manu@xxxxxxxxxx