4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Anand Jain <anand.jain@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 02ee654d3a04563c67bfe658a05384548b9bb105 upstream. We set the BTRFS_BALANCE_RESUME flag in the btrfs_recover_balance() only, which isn't called during the remount. So when resuming from the paused balance we hit the bug: kernel: kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/volumes.c:3890! :: kernel: balance_kthread+0x51/0x60 [btrfs] kernel: kthread+0x111/0x130 :: kernel: RIP: btrfs_balance+0x12e1/0x1570 [btrfs] RSP: ffffba7d0090bde8 Reproducer: On a mounted filesystem: btrfs balance start --full-balance /btrfs btrfs balance pause /btrfs mount -o remount,ro /dev/sdb /btrfs mount -o remount,rw /dev/sdb /btrfs To fix this set the BTRFS_BALANCE_RESUME flag in btrfs_resume_balance_async(). CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.4+ Signed-off-by: Anand Jain <anand.jain@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) --- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c @@ -3850,6 +3850,15 @@ int btrfs_resume_balance_async(struct bt return 0; } + /* + * A ro->rw remount sequence should continue with the paused balance + * regardless of who pauses it, system or the user as of now, so set + * the resume flag. + */ + spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock); + fs_info->balance_ctl->flags |= BTRFS_BALANCE_RESUME; + spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock); + tsk = kthread_run(balance_kthread, fs_info, "btrfs-balance"); return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(tsk); }