kernel: request_module: runaway loop modprobe fs-cifs

Issue

• 60 CIFS shares mentioned in the /etc/fstab file. A server reboot caused almost half of the shares to be unmounted afterwards. Following errors are observed in the /var/log/messages:

systemd: Mounting /data/app/some-mount-point16...
systemd: Starting Availability of block devices...
systemd: Started System Logging Service.
kernel: request_module: runaway loop modprobe fs-cifs
mount: mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
kernel: request_module: runaway loop modprobe fs-cifs
mount: mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
mount: mount error(19): No such device