I have an lv with a writeback cache: $ sudo lvs -a -o+cachemode LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert CacheMode ... home linux Cwi-a-C--- 130.00g [homecache] [home_corig] 99.94 1.72 90.77 writeback [home_corig] linux owi-aoC--- 130.00g [home_corig] linux owi-aoC--- 130.00g [home_corig] linux owi-aoC--- 130.00g [homecache] linux Cwi---C--- 104.16g 99.94 1.72 90.77 writeback [homecache_cdata] linux Cwi-ao---- 104.16g [homecache_cmeta] linux ewi-ao---- 20.00m After a hard-reset and an fsck which performed several repairs, I attempted to change the cachemode from 'writeback' to 'writethrough'. The progress reaches a certain point but then seems to loop forever. $ sudo lvchange --cachemode writethrough linux/home Flushing 24191 blocks for cache linux/home. Flushing 24190 blocks for cache linux/home. Flushing 24189 blocks for cache linux/home. Flushing 24189 blocks for cache linux/home. Flushing 24189 blocks for cache linux/home. [ ... repeating for hours ... ] Flushing 24189 blocks for cache linux/home. ^C Interrupted... Flushing of linux/home aborted. Then I attempted to remove the cache altogether, with the same result. $ sudo lvconvert --uncache linux/home Flushing 24189 blocks for cache linux/home. [ ... repeating for hours ... ] Flushing 24189 blocks for cache linux/home. ^C Interrupted... Flushing of linux/home aborted. This issue seems like it might be related to upstream https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276722 but a comment on that bug states it was dealt with back in version 2.02.133. (I'm on 2.02.173.) Note: during this issue, I also experienced bug #857142, so had to perform the fsck after booting from a debian live usb drive. The lvchange and lvconvert commands however were performed from this system. I ran SMART extended diagnostics (including surface scan) on the drives hosting the PVs for both the cache and home LVs and it reported no problems. I can't find any I/O errors in my system logs either. I don't know what initially caused the crash requiring me to hard-reset. I think it was related to switching my xorg console while using proprietary video drivers. I copied (with tar) the data over to a new non-cached lv for my /home, but I still have the old one around if you would like additional information about it.