Hi XFS developers, We are seeing the following issue with XFS on kernel 3.18.19. We have XFS mounted over a raw disk. Disk was pulled out manually. There were async writes on files that were errored like this Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.645613] XFS (dm-29): metadata I/O error: block 0x7442c20 ("xfs_buf_iodone_callbacks") error 5 numblks 8 Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.945044] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0x7442c20. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.945048] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0x7442c28. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.945050] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0x7442c30. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.965056] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0x7443008. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.965070] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0xae64230. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.965075] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0xae64210. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.965080] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0xae64228. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.965085] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0xae64220. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4635.965090] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0xae64208. Retrying async write. Mar 16 16:03:21 host0 kernel: [ 4636.005024] XFS (dm-29): Detected failing async write on buffer block 0xe885828. Retrying async write. And XFS hit metadata & Log IO errors that it decides to shutdown: Mar 16 16:03:22 host0 kernel: [ 4637.351841] XFS (dm-29): metadata I/O error: block 0x3a27fbd0 ("xlog_iodone") error 5 numblks 64 Mar 16 16:03:22 host0 kernel: [ 4637.352820] XFS(dm-29): SHUTDOWN!!! old_flags=0x0 new_flags=0x2 Mar 16 16:03:22 host0 kernel: [ 4637.353187] XFS (dm-29): Log I/O Error Detected. Shutting down filesystem Mar 16 16:03:22 host0 kernel: [ 4637.353202] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:03:22 host0 kernel: [ 4637.354037] XFS (dm-29): Please umount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s) Mar 16 16:03:22 host0 kernel: [ 4637.354704] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-29, logical block 122146379, lost async page write After this happens, constantly XFS prints log force failure every 30-secs Mar 16 16:03:51 host0 kernel: [ 4665.695023] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:04:21 host0 kernel: [ 4695.775022] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:04:51 host0 kernel: [ 4725.855021] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:05:21 host0 kernel: [ 4755.935033] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Later the drive was re-inserted back. After the drive was re-inserted, XFS was attempted to be unmounted Mar 16 16:16:53 host0 controld: [2557] [ ] umount[202] : umount(/sdisk/vol5b0, xfs) But nothing happens except for the 30-secs xfs_log_force errors that keeps repeating Mar 16 16:16:53 host0 kernel: [ 5448.122129] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:16:53 host0 kernel: [ 5448.135107] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:17:23 host0 kernel: [ 5477.855028] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:17:53 host0 kernel: [ 5507.935034] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:18:23 host0 kernel: [ 5538.015020] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:18:53 host0 kernel: [ 5568.095031] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:19:23 host0 kernel: [ 5598.175025] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:19:53 host0 kernel: [ 5628.255023] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:20:23 host0 kernel: [ 5658.335027] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:20:54 host0 kernel: [ 5688.415028] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:21:24 host0 kernel: [ 5718.495021] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. Mar 16 16:21:54 host0 kernel: [ 5748.575024] XFS (dm-29): xfs_log_force: error -5 returned. & we run into a hung-task timeout like this Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.085031] INFO: task controld:2557 blocked for more than 180 seconds. Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086224] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086897] controld D ffff88023fc13540 0 2557 1 0x00000000 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086901] ffff880223a07d58 0000000000000086 ffff88023332d100 0000000000013540 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086903] ffff880223a07fd8 0000000000013540 ffffffff81c1d4c0 ffff88023332d100 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086906] ffff880210f5f980 ffff88020fdb1600 ffff880210f5f980 ffff88020fdb1640 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086908] Call Trace: Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086914] [<ffffffff817136c9>] schedule+0x29/0x70 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086939] [<ffffffffc087fb49>] xfs_ail_push_all_sync+0xa9/0xe0 [xfs] Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086942] [<ffffffff810b26b0>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x110/0x110 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086958] [<ffffffffc0869fd1>] xfs_unmountfs+0x61/0x1a0 [xfs] Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086970] [<ffffffffc086a97b>] ? xfs_mru_cache_destroy+0x6b/0x90 [xfs] Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086982] [<ffffffffc086be4d>] xfs_fs_put_super+0x2d/0x70 [xfs] Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086985] [<ffffffff811e9e36>] generic_shutdown_super+0x76/0x100 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086987] [<ffffffff811ea207>] kill_block_super+0x27/0x70 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086990] [<ffffffff811ea519>] deactivate_locked_super+0x49/0x60 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086992] [<ffffffff811eaaee>] deactivate_super+0x4e/0x70 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086995] [<ffffffff81207593>] cleanup_mnt+0x43/0x90 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.086998] [<ffffffff81207632>] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.087003] [<ffffffff8108f8e7>] task_work_run+0xa7/0xe0 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.087016] [<ffffffff81014ff7>] do_notify_resume+0x97/0xb0 Mar 16 16:22:07 host0 kernel: [ 5762.087019] [<ffffffff81717c6f>] int_signal+0x12/0x17 Looks like unmount/xfs_ail_push_all_sync() decided to wake up the aild task to flush, but is never woken up at all after this. These are the other stack traces [8506] xfsalloc [<ffffffff8108c679>] rescuer_thread+0x209/0x2a0 [<ffffffff810911b9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff81717918>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff [8507] xfs_mru_cache [<ffffffff8108c679>] rescuer_thread+0x209/0x2a0 [<ffffffff810911b9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff81717918>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff [8508] xfslogd [<ffffffff8108c679>] rescuer_thread+0x209/0x2a0 [<ffffffff810911b9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff81717918>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff [8663] xfs-data/dm-29 [<ffffffff8108c679>] rescuer_thread+0x209/0x2a0 [<ffffffff810911b9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff81717918>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff [8665] xfs-conv/dm-29 [<ffffffff8108c679>] rescuer_thread+0x209/0x2a0 [<ffffffff810911b9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff81717918>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff [8670] xfs-cil/dm-29 [<ffffffff8108c679>] rescuer_thread+0x209/0x2a0 [<ffffffff810911b9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff81717918>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff [8672] xfsaild/dm-29 [<ffffffffc087f8d7>] xfsaild+0x5a7/0x630 [xfs] [<ffffffff810911b9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff81717918>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff This problem doesn't happen consistently, but happens periodically with a drive failure/recovery followed by XFS unmount. I couldn't find this issue fixed in later kernels. Can you please suggest how I can debug this issue further? Thanks! --Shyam _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs