Bill Studenmund wrote:
> I'm concerned about the vref() in the error case. What happens when the
> vflush() has killed off the vnode corresponding to the root vnode? You
> either dereference NULL (if SMBTOV(smp->sm_root) returns NULL), or you
> start referencing an entirely different vnode. Oh, and bad things happen
> if smp->sm_root itself is NULL.

Thanks, didn't realize this :)

sm_root is expected to be !NULL on enter to smbfs_root(). There is
KASSERT() to this effect before the vrele(), too.

> You really need to do the gyrations done in smbfs_root(). Or do better
> checking to make sure you vref() what you think you are vref()ing.

I'm changing this to make sure sm_root is reset in case of failure,
calling smbfs_root() instead of vref() on error.

Jaromir
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