Fail to read CIFS file with error "Stale file handle" on RHEL8.2 and higher

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The following error is observed while opening any file from a SMB3 cifs share,stat operation completes successfully :
55005 16:29:35.808614 stat("myfile", {st_dev=makedev(0, 45), st_ino=5293225069785315, ... = 0 <0.002752>
55005 16:29:35.811452 openat(AT_FDCWD, "myfile", O_RDONLY) = -1 ESTALE (Stale file handle) <0.018260>
  • Fail to read CIFS file with error Stale file handle:
# cat CIFS-file
cat: CIFS-file: Stale file handle

Environment

  • RHEL 8.2 and higher version
  • EMC/Dell VMAX CIFS server

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