This is what I now have in the cifs git tree. (only minor change is that I now have since fixed the missing space after the if)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index 216fb62..f6963d1 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -2069,8 +2069,15 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, srvTcp->tcpStatus = CifsExiting; spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock); if (srvTcp->tsk) { + struct task_struct *tsk; + /* If we could verify that kthread_stop would + always wake up processes blocked in + tcp in recv_mesg then we could remove the + send_sig call */ send_sig(SIGKILL,srvTcp->tsk,1); - kthread_stop(srvTcp->tsk); + tsk = srvTcp->tsk; + if(tsk) + kthread_stop(srvTcp->tsk); } } /* If find_unc succeeded then rc == 0 so we can not end */ @@ -2085,8 +2092,11 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, /* if the socketUseCount is now zero */ if ((temp_rc == -ESHUTDOWN) && (pSesInfo->server) && (pSesInfo->server->tsk)) { + struct task_struct *tsk; send_sig(SIGKILL,pSesInfo->server->tsk,1); - kthread_stop(pSesInfo->server->tsk); + tsk = pSesInfo->server->tsk; + if(tsk) + kthread_stop(tsk); } } else cFYI(1, ("No session or bad tcon")); -- Thanks, Steve - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/