Hello, I''m not sure about this, when a device is set read-only, are journal commit still allowed then, or is this the reason, why the umount hangs forever? [44825.302262] LustreError: Skipped 572 previous similar messages [44882.668079] Lustre: Failing over pfs1work-OST0026 [44882.674578] Lustre: *** setting obd pfs1work-OST0026 device ''unknown-block(9,7)'' read-only *** (gdb) l *(log_wait_commit+0xa3) 0xffffffff802e9f76 is in log_wait_commit (fs/jbd/journal.c:550). 545 while (tid_gt(tid, journal->j_commit_sequence)) { 546 jbd_debug(1, "JBD: want %d, j_commit_sequence=%d\n", 547 tid, journal->j_commit_sequence); 548 wake_up(&journal->j_wait_commit); 549 spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); 550 wait_event(journal->j_wait_done_commit, 551 !tid_gt(tid, journal->j_commit_sequence)); 552 spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock); 553 } 554 spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); [46237.813097] umount D 0000000100a9e444 0 31369 1 (NOTLB) [46237.820001] ffff81000a5ada18 0000000000000086 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [46237.827756] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000007 ffff81000ec640c0 [46237.835488] ffff81012b6a96b0 000028d210c60a79 0000000000001328 ffff81000ec64270 [46237.843057] Call Trace: [46237.845815] [<ffffffff802e9f76>] log_wait_commit+0xa3/0xf5 [46237.851681] [<ffffffff802e48a0>] journal_stop+0x214/0x244 [46237.857341] [<ffffffff8851c259>] :obdfilter:filter_iocontrol+0x139/0xa20 [46237.864413] [<ffffffff8825fe64>] :obdclass:class_cleanup+0x514/0xfc0 [46237.871219] [<ffffffff88263aec>] :obdclass:class_process_config+0x137c/0x1a90 [46237.878749] [<ffffffff88264519>] :obdclass:class_manual_cleanup+0x319/0xf70 [46237.886137] [<ffffffff882707a1>] :obdclass:server_put_super+0xb61/0xf70 [46237.893111] [<ffffffff80271942>] generic_shutdown_super+0x60/0xf1 [46237.899584] [<ffffffff802719fa>] kill_anon_super+0x9/0x35 [46237.905263] [<ffffffff80271aab>] deactivate_super+0x6a/0x82 [46237.911204] [<ffffffff80284195>] sys_umount+0x21b/0x24e [46237.916751] [<ffffffff802094de>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 [46237.922218] [<00002b0aadea7789>] Thanks, Bernd -- Bernd Schubert Q-Leap Networks GmbH