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yaml
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r: 294590
b: refs/heads/master
c: 6dae51a
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bc205ed19bdb56576b291830bc3f752aef5e3923
+refs/heads/master: 6dae51a585008535858c29b489dbf90a913d511b

trunk/fs/cifs/README

@@ -753,10 +753,6 @@ module loading or during the runtime by using the interface
 
 i.e. echo "value" > /sys/module/cifs/parameters/<param>
 
-1. echo_retries - The number of echo attempts before giving up and
-		  reconnecting to the server. The default is 5. The value 0
-		  means never reconnect.
-
-2. enable_oplocks - Enable or disable oplocks. Oplocks are enabled by default.
+1. enable_oplocks - Enable or disable oplocks. Oplocks are enabled by default.
 		    [Y/y/1]. To disable use any of [N/n/0].
 

trunk/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c

@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ unsigned int cifs_max_pending = CIFS_MAX_REQ;
 module_param(cifs_max_pending, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(cifs_max_pending, "Simultaneous requests to server. "
 				   "Default: 32767 Range: 2 to 32767.");
-unsigned short echo_retries = 5;
-module_param(echo_retries, ushort, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(echo_retries, "Number of echo attempts before giving up and "
-			       "reconnecting server. Default: 5. 0 means "
-			       "never reconnect.");
 module_param(enable_oplocks, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_oplocks, "Enable or disable oplocks (bool). Default:"
 				 "y/Y/1");

trunk/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h

@@ -1038,9 +1038,6 @@ GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_min_rcv;    /* min size of big ntwrk buf pool */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_min_small;  /* min size of small buf pool */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_max_pending; /* MAX requests at once to server*/
 
-/* reconnect after this many failed echo attempts */
-GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned short echo_retries;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_ACL
 GLOBAL_EXTERN struct rb_root uidtree;
 GLOBAL_EXTERN struct rb_root gidtree;

trunk/fs/cifs/connect.c

@@ -373,12 +373,22 @@ allocate_buffers(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 static bool
 server_unresponsive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
-	if (echo_retries > 0 && server->tcpStatus == CifsGood &&
-	    time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp +
-				(echo_retries * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL))) {
+	/*
+	 * We need to wait 2 echo intervals to make sure we handle such
+	 * situations right:
+	 * 1s  client sends a normal SMB request
+	 * 2s  client gets a response
+	 * 30s echo workqueue job pops, and decides we got a response recently
+	 *     and don't need to send another
+	 * ...
+	 * 65s kernel_recvmsg times out, and we see that we haven't gotten
+	 *     a response in >60s.
+	 */
+	if (server->tcpStatus == CifsGood &&
+	    time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp + 2 * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL)) {
 		cERROR(1, "Server %s has not responded in %d seconds. "
 			  "Reconnecting...", server->hostname,
-			  (echo_retries * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL / HZ));
+			  (2 * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL) / HZ);
 		cifs_reconnect(server);
 		wake_up(&server->response_q);
 		return true;