Obaid,

Thanks.  I will note that the paragraph in question is also present in the
[SMB2-Preview] document that includes SMB2.2.

Looking forward to your response!

Chris -)-----

Obaid Farooqi wrote:
> Hi Chris:
> I'll help you with this issue and will get back to you as soon as I have an 
> answer.
> 
> Regards,
> Obaid Farooqi
> Escalation Engineer | Microsoft
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher R. Hertel [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:12 PM
> To: Interoperability Documentation Help; [email protected]
> Subject: SMB2 ProcessId header field for SYNC messages.
> 
> Dochelp,
> 
> Hi.
> 
> The SYNC version of the SMB2 message header has a ProcessId field, which is 
> described in [MS-SMB2] v20110920, section 2.2.1.2, pg30, as
> follows:
> 
> 
> ProcessId (4 bytes): The client-side identification of the process that
>   issued the request. The client MUST set this field to 0xFEFF. The server
>   MUST set this field to the ProcessId value received in the corresponding
>   request, if any, or to 0 otherwise. The client MUST ignore this field on
>   receipt.
> 
> 
> That description, of course, makes no sense to me at all.  Sorry.
> 
>   * The field is 4 bytes, but 0xFEFF is two bytes.  Does the doc mean
>     0x0000FEFF or 0xFEFF0000 or something else?
> 
>   * If the client "MUST" set the field to 0xFEFF, then the value is
>     meaningless since it is always the same.  If it is always the same 
>     value, then it cannot identify the process that issued the request.
> 
>   * If the server "MUST" set this field to the value in the corresponding
>     request, then surely the client "MUST" be able to set the field to 
>     something other than 0xFEFF.
> 
>   * When compsing the response, how could there not be a value in the
>     corresponding request?  The only way I can imagine is that the request 
>     was sent as an ASYNC request (no ProcessId field) and the server is 
>     sending a SYNC response.  Is that even possible?
> 
>   * The description states that the client must ignore the field.
>     Shouldn't the client use the value in the field to ensure that
>     the result is sent to the correct client process?
> 
> Am I missing something in this description?  Hit me with the clue-bat.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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