Description of problem: ======================= Rebalance process failed to lock the file which resulted to migration failure. [2018-04-10 11:26:01.931895] W [MSGID: 109023] [dht-rebalance.c:1575:dht_migrate_file] 0-distrepx3-dht: migrate file failed: /linux-4.9.27/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt: failed to lock file on distrepx3-replicate-4 [Stale file handle] [2018-04-10 11:26:01.932070] E [MSGID: 109023] [dht-rebalance.c:2735:gf_defrag_migrate_single_file] 0-distrepx3-dht: migrate-data failed for /linux-4.9.27/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt [Stale file handle] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.12.2-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 How reproducible: 1/1 Steps to Reproduce: =================== 1) Create a x3 volume and start it. 2) FUSE mount it on multiple clients. 3) Start below ops from clients, - Client-1 Start linux kernel untar - Client-2 and 3 start lookups - Client-4 while true; do du -h /mnt/distrepx3_new;done 4) While step-3 is in-progress, start add-brick and trigger rebalance. 5) Wait till the rebalance completes. Actual results: ============== Rebalance process failed to lock the file which resulted to migration failure Expected results: ================= All the files should be migrated without any failures.