Christoph, Alex, Just so you know, I just had a forced shutdown deadlock like so: [ 276.038251] Filesystem "vdb": xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk: attempting to delete a log item that is not in the AIL [ 276.039467] xfs_force_shutdown(vdb,0x8) called from line 562 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c. Return address = 0xffffffff814a0d6a [ 276.041085] Filesystem "vdb": xfs_inactive: xfs_trans_commit() returned error 5 [ 276.042848] xfs_imap_to_bp: xfs_trans_read_buf()returned an error 5 on vdb. Returning error. [ 276.047176] xfs_imap_to_bp: xfs_trans_read_buf()returned an error 5 on vdb. Returning error. [ 338.176185] SysRq : Show Blocked State [ 338.176785] task PC stack pid father [ 338.177608] kworker/5:1 D 0000000000000001 0 390 2 0x00000000 [ 338.178581] ffff88011b2898d0 0000000000000046 ffff88011b289830 ffffffff810ae1f8 [ 338.179662] 00000000001d2ac0 ffff88011b0ac9c0 ffff88011b0acd28 ffff88011b289fd8 [ 338.180024] ffff88011b0acd30 00000000001d2ac0 ffff88011b288010 00000000001d2ac0 [ 338.180024] Call Trace: [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810ae1f8>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xb8/0x110 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff816ba34e>] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5e/0xb0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff81491d42>] _xfs_log_force+0x142/0x2b0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8107e7b0>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff816ba34e>] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5e/0xb0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff81492050>] xfs_log_force_umount+0x1a0/0x2d0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff814a887b>] xfs_do_force_shutdown+0x6b/0x1a0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff814a0d6a>] ? xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk+0x13a/0x170 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff814a0d6a>] xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk+0x13a/0x170 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8147b1de>] xfs_efi_release+0x8e/0xa0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff81b19d1b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x2b/0x40 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8147b216>] xfs_efd_item_committed+0x26/0x40 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8149e9d8>] xfs_trans_committed_bulk+0x78/0x210 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8148e57e>] ? xlog_state_do_callback+0x17e/0x3d0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810637c9>] ? kvm_clock_read+0x19/0x20 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff81041339>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810ae0d5>] ? sched_clock_local+0x25/0x90 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810ae1f8>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xb8/0x110 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810b9c3d>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0x10 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810ae2bf>] ? local_clock+0x6f/0x80 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8148e57e>] ? xlog_state_do_callback+0x17e/0x3d0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff814928a2>] xlog_cil_committed+0x32/0xe0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8148e595>] xlog_state_do_callback+0x195/0x3d0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8148e8cd>] xlog_state_done_syncing+0xfd/0x130 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8148f2ca>] xlog_iodone+0xba/0x150 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff814ae416>] xfs_buf_iodone_work+0x26/0x70 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8109fa3d>] process_one_work+0x1ad/0x520 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8109f9cf>] ? process_one_work+0x13f/0x520 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff814ae3f0>] ? xfs_buf_iodone_work+0x0/0x70 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810a25d2>] worker_thread+0x172/0x400 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810a2460>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x400 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810a6f66>] kthread+0xa6/0xb0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8103ae64>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff81b1a110>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff810a6ec0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xb0 [ 338.180024] [<ffffffff8103ae60>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 Yes, I know the trigger was a change I was testing, but the deadlock is caused by the fact we've tried to force the log iduring shutdown from inside the log IO completion context. It's gone to sleep waiting on the processing only it can complete. I haven't looked into this in any detail yet, just wanted to to make sure you guys know about it... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs