network interfaces brought down before fsync to iSCSI target completes

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OS : CentOS7
Kernel : 4.9.37
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Issue
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On graceful shutdown of Centos 7 , Network target is stopped before we sync the filesystems and block devices thereby leading to the following error
Synching filesystem and block devices - timed out
>> INFO: task <> blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> Not tainted <> #1
>> kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
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Log
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<<<<<log>>>>>>
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Shutting down.
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd-shutdown[1]: Syncing filesystems and block devices.
Dec 02 13:04:06 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM kernel: connection1:0: ping timeout of 5 secs expired, recv timeout 5, last rx 4294725853, last ping 4294731264, now 4294736384
02 13:03:55 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Stopped target Network.
Dec 02 13:03:55 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Stopping Network.
Dec 02 13:03:55 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: Bring up/down networking...
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM network[2736]: Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM network[2736]: Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: Bring up/down networking.
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Stopping IPv4 firewall with iptables....
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Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Starting Shutdown.
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Reached target Final Step.
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Starting Final Step.
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Starting Power-Off...
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd[1]: Shutting down.
Dec 02 13:03:56 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM systemd-shutdown[1]: Syncing filesystems and block devices.
Dec 02 13:04:06 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM kernel: connection1:0: ping timeout of 5 secs expired, recv timeout 5, last rx 4294725853, last ping 4294731264, now 4294736384
Dec 02 13:04:06 NTNX-10-44-10-134-FAVM kernel: connection1:0: detected conn error (1022)
Synching filesystem and block devices - timed out
>> INFO: task <> blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> Not tainted <> #1
>> kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
<<<<<log>>>>>>

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Comments
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Is it a bug ? Why would network interfaces brought down before fsync completes and unmount complete on a graceful shutdown ? What is the best way to resolve it ?

Current kernel version is 4.9.37 and OS is CentOS7

How are your iSCSI shares mounted? Via systemd?