Description of problem: ======================= Spurious log message is filled in geo-rep logs on every setxattr call. [2019-02-18 07:26:18.091052] I [dict.c:471:dict_get] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.12.2/xlator/cluster/replicate.so(+0x6228d) [0x7f1ce5a8728d] -->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.12.2/xlator/cluster/distribute.so(+0x202f7) [0x7f1ce57a22f7] -->/lib64/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_get+0x10c) [0x7f1cf401dd3c] ) 2-dict: !this || key=trusted.glusterfs.dht.mds [Invalid argument] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ============================================================== glusterfs-3.12.2-43.el7rhgs.x86_64 How reproducible: ================= Always Steps to Reproduce: ==================== 1. Create a geo-rep session 2. Add-brick to master and slave 3. Start rebalance 4. Wait for rebalance to complete 5. Check if data has been synced to the slave (arequal-checksum) (Seeing these messages is common and seen with other testcases as well) Additional info: =============== Has been seen in earlier releases as well. Raising it now to keep track of it. There is no functionality impact