Hi Marcus / Dave! > > This completely fixes the issue. As a bonus "rm -fr && sync" completes > much quicker now. > ... > So many thanks Dave. Your prompt help is very much appreciated. > I just wanna add that i've seen these kinds of hangs too when removing directories with millions of files. My "solution" was to recreate the filesystem - which was several years old at that time. Looking forward to the fix. Thanks for the great work going on here - both for the in-depth investigation and the fix. cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs