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dysk stalls ~10s on Arch Linux with Btrfs since kernel 6.16.4 #96

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Description

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On Arch Linux with Btrfs, dysk takes about 10 seconds before printing any output.
This affects all commands that actually enumerate mounts, e.g.:

time dysk -c fs+type+size+used
time dysk -a

…but not dysk --help, which is instant.
The delay started suddenly after upgrading from kernel 6.16.3 → 6.16.4.
It persists in 6.16.6. It happens with both dysk 3.0.0 and 3.1.0, so it seems kernel-related rather than a dysk version change.

Environment

  • Distro: Arch Linux
  • dysk: 3.0.0-1 and 3.1.0-1 (both tested)
  • Kernel: 6.16.6-arch1-1 (regression appears between 6.16.3 and 6.16.4)
  • Filesystem: Btrfs root with quotas enabled, multiple subvolumes (@, @home, @log, @pkg)
  • systemd: 257.9-1

Steps to reproduce

  1. On Arch with Btrfs and kernel ≥ 6.16.4, run:
    time dysk -c fs+type+size+used
  2. Observe ~10 second stall before output.

Expected behavior

Output should be displayed instantly, as it was before kernel 6.16.4.

Actual behavior

Consistent ~10s delay, even with filters or --remote-stats=no.

Notes


- dysk --help is instant (so startup overhead is not the issue).
- df -h and lsblk remain instant.
- Disabling quotas (sudo btrfs quota disable /) may help, but not confirmed.
- Possibly due to how dysk probes Btrfs mounts via statfs/statvfs.
- This regression only appeared after the kernel update, but affects dysk specifically.

**Repro commands / timings**
$ time dysk -c fs+type+size+used
┌──────────────┬─────┬────┬────┐
│  filesystem  │type │size│used│
├──────────────┼─────┼────┼────┤
│/dev/nvme0n1p2│btrfs│511G│ 49G│
│/dev/nvme0n1p1│vfat │1.1G│280M│
└──────────────┴─────┴────┴────┘

real    0m10.188s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.010s

$ time df -h /
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p2  476G   45G  431G  10% /

real    0m0.007s
user    0m0.003s
sys     0m0.004s

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