dfs_cache_remount_fs(9)

dfs_cache_remount_fs(9) 🦋

okay bestie, this one is straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's literally about remounting a DFS share. no cap. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

dfs_cache_remount_fs — remount a DFS share 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int dfs_cache_remount_fs (struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cifs_sb — cifs superblock. that's the whole argument, bestie. 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what this icon does is reconfigure the dfs mount by forcing a brand-new DFS referral. 🦋

and then: if the currently cached targets do not match any of the new targets, it marks it for reconnect. like a vibe check for your targets, fr fr. 🔥

it returns zero if remounted, otherwise non-zero. that's the whole return-value moment. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./fs/smb/client/dfs_cache.c is home base, and these related besties are:

• dfs_cache_canonical_path(9)
• dfs_cache_init(9)
• dfs_cache_destroy(9)
• dfs_cache_find(9)
• dfs_cache_noreq_find(9)
• dfs_cache_noreq_update_tgthint(9)
• dfs_cache_get_tgt_referral(9)
• dfs_cache_get_tgt_share(9)

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xoxo 💖 source/version: ./fs/smb/client — date: October 2026 — page: dfs_cache_remount_fs(9) 🎀