hang in qemu_gluster_init In qemu_gluster_init, if the call to either glfs_set_volfile_server or glfs_set_logging fails into the "out" case, glfs_fini is called without having first calling glfs_init. This causes glfs_lock to spin forever on this bit: while (!fs->init) pthread_cond_wait (&fs->cond, &fs->mutex); And here's the bottom part of the backtrace when hung: #0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:183 #1 0x00007feceebf58c3 in glfs_lock (fs=0x7fecf15660b0) at glfs-internal.h:156 #2 glfs_active_subvol (fs=0x7fecf15660b0) at glfs-resolve.c:799 #3 0x00007feceebeb5b4 in glfs_fini (fs=0x7fecf15660b0) at glfs.c:652 #4 0x00007fecf0043c73 in qemu_gluster_init (gconf=, filename=) at /usr/src/debug/qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2/block/gluster.c:229 I believe this can be fixed by simply moving the call to glfs_init after the call to glfs_new but before the calls to glfs_set_volfile_server or glfs_set_logging.