It looks like this change to connect.c (in cifs-check-reconnects-for-channels-of-active-tcons) causes the problem with DFS reconnect @@ -4399,9 +4400,22 @@ int cifs_tree_connect(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, const stru char *tree; struct dfs_info3_param ref = {0}; + /* only send once per connect */ + spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock); + if (tcon->ses->status != CifsGood || + (tcon->tidStatus != CifsNew && + tcon->tidStatus != CifsNeedTcon)) { + spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock); + return 0; + } + tcon->tidStatus = CifsInTcon; + spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock); + tree = kzalloc(MAX_TREE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!tree) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!tree) { + rc = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } if (tcon->ipc) { scnprintf(tree, MAX_TREE_SIZE, "\\\\%s\\IPC$", server->hostname); -- Thanks, Steve