On Tu, May 9, 2017 6:01 PM, Pavel Shilovskiy wrote:
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 5:13 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > commit 4fcd1813e640 ("Fix reconnect to not defer smb3 session
> > > reconnect long after socket reconnect") added support for Negotiate
> > > requests to be initiated by echo calls.
> > >
> > > To avoid delays in calling echo after a reconnect, I added the patch
> > > introduced by the commit b8c600120fc8 ("Call echo service
> > > immediately after socket reconnect").
> >
> > The second commit hasn't actually been applied to any stable branches (so this one didn't need to be). Should it be?
>
> Yes, 2nd commit hasn't been applied to stable branches, but the proposed fix does the right thing anyway since it
> doesn't allow to call echo on connections before negotiate phase. The commit b8c600120fc8 ("Call echo service
> immediately after socket reconnect") just allows to trigger the wrong behavior easily. So, I think it is better to have the
> fix in stable branches.
The commit b8c600120fc8 ("Call echo service immediately after socket reconnect") does the right thing and fixes the problem with persistent handles reconnect, so, I suggest to take it to stable as well. I've just sent the backported version of the patch to stable@.
Best regards,
Pavel Shilovsky