@ -352,6 +352,48 @@ If suddenly the mergerfs mount point disappears and `Transport endpoint is not c
In order to fix this please install newer versions of libfuse. If using a Debian based distro (Debian,Ubuntu,Mint) you can likely just install newer versions of [libfuse ](https://packages.debian.org/unstable/libfuse2 ) and [fuse ](https://packages.debian.org/unstable/fuse ) from the repo of a newer release.
#### mergerfs under heavy load and memory preasure leads to kernel panic
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/14/527
```
[25192.515454] kernel BUG at /build/linux-a2WvEb/linux-4.4.0/mm/workingset.c:346!
[25192.517521] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
[25192.519602] Modules linked in: netconsole ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 configfs binfmt_misc veth bridge stp llc nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables xt_multiport iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 xt_comment xt_nat iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack xt_CHECKSUM xt_tcpudp iptable_mangle ip_tables x_tables intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp eeepc_wmi asus_wmi coretemp sparse_keymap kvm_intel ppdev kvm irqbypass mei_me 8250_fintek input_leds serio_raw parport_pc tpm_infineon mei shpchp mac_hid parport lpc_ich autofs4 drbg ansi_cprng dm_crypt algif_skcipher af_alg btrfs raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid0 multipath linear raid10 raid1 i915 crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul aesni_intel i2c_algo_bit aes_x86_64 drm_kms_helper lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper syscopyarea cryptd sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm ahci r8169 libahci mii wmi fjes video [last unloaded: netconsole]
[25192.540910] CPU: 2 PID: 63 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 4.4.0-36-generic #55 -Ubuntu
[25192.543411] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/P8H67-M PRO, BIOS 3904 04/27/2013
[25192.545840] task: ffff88040cae6040 ti: ffff880407488000 task.ti: ffff880407488000
[25192.548277] RIP: 0010:[< ffffffff811ba501 > ] [< ffffffff811ba501 > ] shadow_lru_isolate+0x181/0x190
[25192.550706] RSP: 0018:ffff88040748bbe0 EFLAGS: 00010002
[25192.553127] RAX: 0000000000001c81 RBX: ffff8802f91ee928 RCX: ffff8802f91eeb38
[25192.555544] RDX: ffff8802f91ee938 RSI: ffff8802f91ee928 RDI: ffff8804099ba2c0
[25192.557914] RBP: ffff88040748bc08 R08: 000000000001a7b6 R09: 000000000000003f
[25192.560237] R10: 000000000001a750 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8804099ba2c0
[25192.562512] R13: ffff8803157e9680 R14: ffff8803157e9668 R15: ffff8804099ba2c8
[25192.564724] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88041f280000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[25192.566990] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[25192.569201] CR2: 00007ffabb690000 CR3: 0000000001e0a000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
[25192.571419] Stack:
[25192.573550] ffff8804099ba2c0 ffff88039e4f86f0 ffff8802f91ee928 ffff8804099ba2c8
[25192.575695] ffff88040748bd08 ffff88040748bc58 ffffffff811b99bf 0000000000000052
[25192.577814] 0000000000000000 ffffffff811ba380 000000000000008a 0000000000000080
[25192.579947] Call Trace:
[25192.582022] [< ffffffff811b99bf > ] __list_lru_walk_one.isra.3+0x8f/0x130
[25192.584137] [< ffffffff811ba380 > ] ? memcg_drain_all_list_lrus+0x190/0x190
[25192.586165] [< ffffffff811b9a83 > ] list_lru_walk_one+0x23/0x30
[25192.588145] [< ffffffff811ba544 > ] scan_shadow_nodes+0x34/0x50
[25192.590074] [< ffffffff811a0e9d > ] shrink_slab.part.40+0x1ed/0x3d0
[25192.591985] [< ffffffff811a53da > ] shrink_zone+0x2ca/0x2e0
[25192.593863] [< ffffffff811a64ce > ] kswapd+0x51e/0x990
[25192.595737] [< ffffffff811a5fb0 > ] ? mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone+0x1c0/0x1c0
[25192.597613] [< ffffffff810a0808 > ] kthread+0xd8/0xf0
[25192.599495] [< ffffffff810a0730 > ] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1e0/0x1e0
[25192.601335] [< ffffffff8182e34f > ] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[25192.603193] [< ffffffff810a0730 > ] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1e0/0x1e0
```
There is a bug in the kernel. A work around appears to be turning off `splice` . Add `no_splice_write,no_splice_move,no_splice_read` to mergerfs' options. Should be placed after `defaults` if it is used since it will turn them on.
# FAQ
#### Why use mergerfs over mhddfs?
Antonio SJ Musumeci
8 years ago
GitHub