seeing this on xenial after this sequence of operations:
lxc stop run2
lxc delete run2
lxc copy run1 run2
lxc start run2 <- hangs here, with later dmesg
[337766.146479] unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1
[337772.435786] INFO: task lxd:20665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[337772.435856] Tainted: P OE 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu
[337772.435922] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[337772.436002] lxd D ffff88006b6cbcb8 0 20665 1 0x00000004
[337772.436006] ffff88006b6cbcb8 ffffffff821d0560 ffff880235aa8000 ffff8801b57d2580
[337772.436009] ffff88006b6cc000 ffffffff81ef5f24 ffff8801b57d2580 00000000ffffffff
[337772.436010] ffffffff81ef5f28 ffff88006b6cbcd0 ffffffff81830f15 ffffffff81ef5f20
[337772.436012] Call Trace:
[337772.436020] [<ffffffff81830f15>] schedule+0x35/0x80
[337772.436022] [<ffffffff818311be>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10
[337772.436024] [<ffffffff81832df9>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xb9/0x130
[337772.436026] [<ffffffff81832e8f>] mutex_lock+0x1f/0x30
[337772.436029] [<ffffffff8171f98e>] copy_net_ns+0x6e/0x120
[337772.436033] [<ffffffff810a148b>] create_new_namespaces+0x11b/0x1d0
[337772.436035] [<ffffffff810a15ad>] copy_namespaces+0x6d/0xa0
[337772.436038] [<ffffffff8107f135>] copy_process+0x905/0x1b70
[337772.436040] [<ffffffff81080530>] _do_fork+0x80/0x360
[337772.436044] [<ffffffff8120bf28>] ? SyS_access+0x1e8/0x230
[337772.436046] [<ffffffff810808b9>] SyS_clone+0x19/0x20
[337772.436048] [<ffffffff81834ff2>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x71
fwiw, at the time of stop, run2 had an additional IP address on dev lo, and at the time of copy, run1 also was running and had an additional ip address on dev lo
seeing this on xenial after this sequence of operations:
lxc stop run2
lxc delete run2
lxc copy run1 run2
lxc start run2 <- hangs here, with later dmesg
[337766.146479] unregister_ netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1 kernel/ hung_task_ timeout_ secs" disables this message. f15>] schedule+0x35/0x80 1be>] schedule_ preempt_ disabled+ 0xe/0x10 df9>] __mutex_ lock_slowpath+ 0xb9/0x130 e8f>] mutex_lock+ 0x1f/0x30 98e>] copy_net_ ns+0x6e/ 0x120 48b>] create_ new_namespaces+ 0x11b/0x1d0 5ad>] copy_namespaces +0x6d/0xa0 135>] copy_process+ 0x905/0x1b70 530>] _do_fork+0x80/0x360 f28>] ? SyS_access+ 0x1e8/0x230 8b9>] SyS_clone+0x19/0x20 ff2>] entry_SYSCALL_ 64_fastpath+ 0x16/0x71
[337772.435786] INFO: task lxd:20665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[337772.435856] Tainted: P OE 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu
[337772.435922] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/
[337772.436002] lxd D ffff88006b6cbcb8 0 20665 1 0x00000004
[337772.436006] ffff88006b6cbcb8 ffffffff821d0560 ffff880235aa8000 ffff8801b57d2580
[337772.436009] ffff88006b6cc000 ffffffff81ef5f24 ffff8801b57d2580 00000000ffffffff
[337772.436010] ffffffff81ef5f28 ffff88006b6cbcd0 ffffffff81830f15 ffffffff81ef5f20
[337772.436012] Call Trace:
[337772.436020] [<ffffffff81830
[337772.436022] [<ffffffff81831
[337772.436024] [<ffffffff81832
[337772.436026] [<ffffffff81832
[337772.436029] [<ffffffff8171f
[337772.436033] [<ffffffff810a1
[337772.436035] [<ffffffff810a1
[337772.436038] [<ffffffff8107f
[337772.436040] [<ffffffff81080
[337772.436044] [<ffffffff8120b
[337772.436046] [<ffffffff81080
[337772.436048] [<ffffffff81834
fwiw, at the time of stop, run2 had an additional IP address on dev lo, and at the time of copy, run1 also was running and had an additional ip address on dev lo