I have since upgraded from precise to trusty and made several other tweaks to improve btrfs performance, so I can no longer provide any additional log files for the system as it was when btrfs blocked for several minutes.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220469 Title: btrfs blocked several minutes in btrfs-transacti Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I first boot up and log into the system, unity takes several minutes to load after I enter my username and password (showing just my wallpaper image). When I look at /var/log/kern.log , I see multiple occurrences of the message, "INFO: task btrfs-transacti:379 blocked for more than 120 seconds" with a stack trace. (see attached /var/log/kern.lorg) It may or may not be relevant that my home directory is on ecryptfs, my swap is 16GB and encrypted (but doesn't seem to be being used during boot up). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic 3.8.0-29.42~precise1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 3 17:24:15 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-lts-raring UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1220469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp