Re: [PATCH] cifs_get_root shouldn't use path with tree name

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On Thu, 2016-10-06 at 14:15 +0200, Aurélien Aptel wrote:
> What is the status on this?
> 
> If we explicitely ask for a tree name prefix via the new parameter,
> we
> should always get it. It should not return an empty string if there
> is
> no prepath.
> 
> Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> > I suspect that is because the root of the share cannot be a DFS
> > mount.
> > Maybe Steve can confirm it.
> 
> So that means we can safely remove that early return, IIUC.
> 

Aurelien,

I think Steve had requested for a reproducer for this issue. The only
place I've encountered this was with Netapp servers. Do you have a
reproder which works with Samba or Windows servers?

Sachin Prabhu
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