[linux-cifs-client] Can't mount smb shares using mount.cifs with 2.6.31 kernel

[Jeff Layton]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:35:07 -0400
Timothy Normand Miller <theosib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:32:39 -0400
> >
> > A little. Can you try mounting again with "-o noserverino"? Perhaps
> > something is wrong with the inode numbers being generated by the server
> > here...
> 
> That fixed the problem.  It mounts properly now.
> 
> > If that doesn't help, then maybe also capture some debugging info of
> > you doing an "ls" in the top-level dir after doing the mount.
> 
> I can't tell where one set of debug messages end and where the next
> set starts.  Is there something I can do to insert a dummy message
> into dmesg so I can tell where to start copying?
> 
> > I doubt this is anything you've done. There were a number of changes in
> > how inodes are handled under CIFS between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31. It's quite
> > possible that one of those changes is causing problems with this server.
> 
> Thanks for the help.  Is there anything else I can do to diagnose the
> cause so it can be fixed permanently?
> 
> 

Yes, could you send me a wire capture of a mount on the 2.6.31 kernel
without the "-o noserverino" option? I need to have a look at why the
GetSrvInum call isn't doing the right thing here. There are
instructions on the troubleshooting page for doing this.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>