[PATCH] NFS Client mounts hang when exported directory do not exist

[Steve Dickson]

Chuck Lever wrote:
> Steve Dickson wrote:
>> This patch fixes a regression that was introduced by the string based
>> mounts.
>> nfs_mount() statically returns -EACCES for every error returned
>> by the remote mounted. This is incorrect because -EACCES is
>> an non-fatal error to the mount.nfs command. This error causes
>> mount.nfs to retry the mount even in the case when the exported
>> directory does not exist. 
> 
> I don't doubt this is the case, but I'd like to see a few real world
> examples (maybe even add them as documentary comments in mount.nfs or in
> the kernel).
Thats easy.. Do a Fedora install over NFS and mistype the mount
point. Instead of returning immediately like it should, one has to
wait 2mins for the error.. 

ENOENT during a mount has always been a fatal error as it should be
and this patch is just restoring that fact.

steved.