Use DFS root session whenever possible to get new DFS referrals otherwise we might end up with an IPC tcon (tcon->ses->tcon_ipc) that doesn't respond to them. It should be safe accessing @ses->dfs_root_ses directly in cifs_inval_name_dfs_link_error() as it has same lifetime as of @tcon. Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/misc.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c index 6f9c78650528..b44fb51968bf 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/misc.c +++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c @@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ int cifs_inval_name_dfs_link_error(const unsigned int xid, * removing cached DFS targets that the client would eventually * need during failover. */ + ses = CIFS_DFS_ROOT_SES(ses); if (ses->server->ops->get_dfs_refer && !ses->server->ops->get_dfs_refer(xid, ses, ref_path, &refs, &num_refs, cifs_sb->local_nls, -- 2.39.2
