Update: I tried to find a work around by using aufs. To make a long story short: There seams to be the same issue.
mkdir /tmp/dir1 /tmp/aufs-root mount -t aufs -o br=/tmp/dir1:/home/test,xino=/dev/shm/aufs.xino none /tmp/aufs-root lvcreate -s -L 5G /dev/virt/opt -n vm_backup -> Hang dmesg [1213440.776036] INFO: task ypbind:9957 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [1213440.776141] Not tainted 3.13.0-29-generic #53-Ubuntu [1213440.776233] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [1213440.776351] ypbind D ffff88042fc14440 0 9957 8265 0x20020000 [1213440.776357] ffff880414fe9dd8 0000000000000002 ffff880414c547d0 ffff880414fe9fd8 [1213440.776362] 0000000000014440 0000000000014440 ffff880414c547d0 ffff880413016000 [1213440.776366] 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 ffff8804130162b0 [1213440.776370] Call Trace: [1213440.776380] [<ffffffff8171e639>] schedule+0x29/0x70 [1213440.776386] [<ffffffff811bee43>] __sb_start_write+0x93/0xe0 [1213440.776393] [<ffffffff810aaea0>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x100/0x100 [1213440.776397] [<ffffffff811bcb5e>] compat_do_readv_writev+0x20e/0x260 [1213440.776452] [<ffffffffa03e2ec0>] ? xfs_file_buffered_aio_write+0x1a0/0x1a0 [xfs] [1213440.776455] [<ffffffff811bc030>] ? do_sync_read+0x90/0x90 [1213440.776461] [<ffffffff8111140c>] ? acct_account_cputime+0x1c/0x20 [1213440.776465] [<ffffffff8109d77b>] ? account_user_time+0x8b/0xa0 [1213440.776468] [<ffffffff8109dd94>] ? vtime_account_user+0x54/0x60 [1213440.776472] [<ffffffff811bcc57>] compat_writev+0x37/0x70 [1213440.776476] [<ffffffff811bdd69>] compat_SyS_writev+0x49/0xa0 [1213440.776480] [<ffffffff8172c8ec>] sysenter_dispatch+0x7/0x21 [1213440.776497] INFO: task lvcreate:28589 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [1213440.776603] Not tainted 3.13.0-29-generic #53-Ubuntu [1213440.776695] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [1213440.776811] lvcreate D ffff88042fcd4440 0 28589 24487 0x00000000 [1213440.776815] ffff8802ce4c1bc8 0000000000000002 ffff8802ce7b0000 ffff8802ce4c1fd8 [1213440.776819] 0000000000014440 0000000000014440 ffff8802ce7b0000 ffff880413016290 [1213440.776823] ffff8802ce4c1c00 ffff8802ce7b0000 ffff880413016218 0000000000000001 [1213440.776827] Call Trace: [1213440.776831] [<ffffffff8171e639>] schedule+0x29/0x70 [1213440.776835] [<ffffffff811bef2d>] sb_wait_write+0x9d/0xb0 [1213440.776839] [<ffffffff810aaea0>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x100/0x100 [1213440.776842] [<ffffffff811bf128>] freeze_super+0x68/0x130 [1213440.776847] [<ffffffff811f6645>] freeze_bdev+0x75/0xd0 [1213440.776853] [<ffffffff815b6fca>] dm_suspend+0x11a/0x1e0 [1213440.776857] [<ffffffff815bc384>] dev_suspend+0x194/0x220 [1213440.776861] [<ffffffff815bc1f0>] ? table_load+0x350/0x350 [1213440.776864] [<ffffffff815bcbb5>] ctl_ioctl+0x255/0x500 [1213440.776868] [<ffffffff815bce73>] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x13/0x20 [1213440.776873] [<ffffffff811cf9c0>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e0/0x4c0 [1213440.776877] [<ffffffff8109dd94>] ? vtime_account_user+0x54/0x60 [1213440.776880] [<ffffffff811cfc21>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 [1213440.776885] [<ffffffff8172adff>] tracesys+0xe1/0xe6 I wonder how no one else can suffer from this problem. It should not be to uncommon to use LVM snapshots for backup purposes ... Greetings, Dirk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328595 Title: lvcreate -s hangs when overlayfs is in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328595/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
