Public bug reported:
CIFS will endlessly output 'CIFS VFS: Write2 ret -112, written -[random value]'
Attempting to unmount with -f, killing the cifs process, and all other methods
fail; it repeatedly attempts to unmount despite the fact that the remote host
is down. This endless repetition
dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version} ${Source} ${Status}\n' | grep
samba
libpam-smbpass 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
libsmbclient 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
libwbclient0 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
samba 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3 install ok installed
Strangely enough, I can't reproduce this issue anymore...
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CIFS loops endlessly when remote host is down
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373999
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I've managed to semi-reproduce it again, although this time against a
Samba server. I mounted it using sudo mount -t cifs
'\\192.168.1.130\Public' /mnt/temp , and then while doing cat
/dev/zero /mnt/temp/temp in another terminal, I called shutdown -h
-P now through SSH on the Samba server. The
