DF-2864 / sourcenote.txt
Line-accurate confirmation (boot-time only; demo would require failing root-mount candidates at boot - disproportionate for Info): sys/kern/vfs_conf.c:435-462 candidate loop: on VFS_MOUNT failure the next iteration overwrites mp via vfs_rootmountalloc without teardown; each failed candidate leaks a struct mount with its LIVE syncer kernel thread (mount_init -> vn_syncer_thr_create, sys/kern/vfs_mount.c:380-390), shared-locked mnt_lock, mnt_hold=1 sys/kern/vfs_conf.c:505-511 final error path kfrees the last mp but never drops mp->mnt_vfc->vfc_refcount (contrast :375 in vfs_mountroot_devfs) -> fstype permanently pinned, module unload refused by vfsconf_remove Bounded by candidate count; root/loader-driven only.