Hello Marcus,

A regression could have been introduced by a clean up patch which went in 
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cifs/9174

Can you please enable debugging by
1) edit /etc/rsyslog.conf and add the line
kern.*                                                 /var/log/kernel.debug
2) systemctl restart rsyslog
3) re-run the tests

The debug messages should be then available in /var/log/kernel.debug

Can you also attempt creating a new link and then testing it to see if that works?

Sachin Prabhu

I forgot to mention. I've checked creation & use on my own test machine and it seems to work fine.

Sachin Prabhu

Created attachment 898222 [details]
Patch to solve the problem

Metze has created a patch to solve the issue. Should be in mainline soon, so hopefully fixed with the next push.

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