(In reply to Jon Nelson from comment #2) > (In reply to Filipe Manana from comment #1) > > Can you please do the following? > > > > 1) Report the kernel version. The btrfsprogs version is irrelevant, as all > > it does is run the commands from the send stream (made by the kernel) > > sequentially. > > 4.4.49 and 4.4.57 and older versions, too. > > > > 2) Provide the full output of the "btrfs receive -vvv ..." command. > > > receiving snapshot snapshot uuid=074ed140-b5de-2b45-b411-c1b47e9328b4, > ctransid=328695 parent_uuid=c2cc815d-dffa-2441-b363-ad8ffb1a3ecc, > parent_ctransid=326104 > utimes root > utimes usr > utimes bin/cat > utimes bin/cp > utimes bin/gzip > ... Well, this really isn't the full output, is it? Judging those "..."... > utimes etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services/nfs-kernel-server > utimes usr/share/man/man8/rpc.mountd.8.gz > utimes usr/share/man/man8/rpc.nfsd.8.gz > utimes var/lib/samba/private/msg.sock/1808 > utimes var/lib/samba/private/msg.sock/1891 > link root/.ssh/agent-turnip-pid19907 -> root/.ssh/agent-turnip > link root/.ssh/agent-turnip-pid20340 -> root/.ssh/agent-turnip > ERROR: link root/.ssh/agent-turnip-pid20340 -> root/.ssh/agent-turnip > failed: File exists > At snapshot snapshot > > > > > > > 3) Ideally, provide an image of the filesystem (with btrfs-image) or the > > output of btrfs-debug-tree. These would be very convenient but may not be > > strictly necessary to debug and understand the problem. > > That is one I'd really have to think about. Take your time thinking about it. btrfs-image replaces the data with zeroes, so all that you'll reveal is metadata (file names essentially). thanks