[linux-cifs-client] Unexplainable Error messages when cifs to mount samba share

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Hi,

I testing the use of cifs on samba shares. The shares
are on ltsp thin clients and the mounts are on a linux
FC2 server.

Server: Linux version 2.6.8-1.521
(bhcompile at tweety.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.3.3
20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)) #1 Mon Aug 16
09:01:18 EDT 2004
Samba: Version 3.0.4

MOUNT=$( mount -tcifs
-ofile_mode=666,dir_mode=777,guest,user=nobody,rw
//$WS/devices /mnt/$WS/devices )
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Specifically the samba share provides access to a usb
floppy drive.

At the user level it works perfectly - writing to or
reading from the floppy using CLI or OpenOffice.

However, 'under the covers' there are a series of
error messages in /var/log/messages as follows:

Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
Error 0xffffff90 or on cifs_get_inode_info in lookup
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 2
times
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
cifs_mount failed w/return code = -11
Jan 20 10:37:43 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:38:02 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: No
response buffer
Jan 20 10:38:03 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:38:17 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: No
response buffer
Jan 20 10:38:23 odyssey-02052A fam[20868]: stat on
"/home/opm/usbFloppy/auto.master" failed: Host is down
Jan 20 10:38:23 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
Error 0xffffff90 or on cifs_get_inode_info in lookup
Jan 20 10:38:23 odyssey-02052A last message repeated
11 times
Jan 20 10:38:23 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:38:23 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
cifs_mount failed w/return code = -11
Jan 20 10:38:27 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: Send
error in Close = -9
Jan 20 10:38:34 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: Send
error in read = -13
Jan 20 10:38:34 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: Send
error in read = -13
Jan 20 10:38:34 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: Send
error in Close = -5
Jan 20 10:38:43 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:39:25 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 2
times
Jan 20 10:39:31 odyssey-02052A sshd(pam_unix)[21488]:
session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Jan 20 10:39:46 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:40:06 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:40:07 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: Send
error in Close = -5
Jan 20 10:40:28 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:41:08 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 2
times
Jan 20 10:42:09 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 3
times
Jan 20 10:43:29 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 4
times
Jan 20 10:44:30 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 3
times
Jan 20 10:45:50 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 4
times
[root at odyssey-02052A scripts]# tail -n50
/var/log/messages
Jan 20 10:37:03 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
Error 0xffffff90 or on cifs_get_inode_info in lookup
Jan 20 10:37:03 odyssey-02052A last message repeated
14 times
Jan 20 10:37:03 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:37:03 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
cifs_mount failed w/return code = -11
Jan 20 10:37:21 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: No
response buffer
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A fam[20868]: stat on
"test1.doc" failed: Host is down
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
Error 0xffffff90 or on cifs_get_inode_info in lookup
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A last message repeated 2
times
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:37:23 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS:
cifs_mount failed w/return code = -11
Jan 20 10:37:43 odyssey-02052A kernel: CIFS: Unknown
mount option guest
Jan 20 10:38:02 odyssey-02052A kernel:  CIFS VFS: No
response buffer
Should I worry about the messages? Can anyone explain
them?

Thank you.