From: Miklos Szeredi EAGAIN does not make sense as a return value from a blocking lock request, the lock should be retried by the kernel until either it is successful or fails permanently. Looking at the server side NLM_LCK_DENIED means a permanent error in this case, so just turn this into an ENOLCK. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi CC: Trond Myklebust CC: "J. Bruce Fields" --- fs/lockd/clntproc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/lockd/clntproc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2008-05-09 14:04:16.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2008-05-09 14:04:46.000000000 +0200 @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ nlm_stat_to_errno(__be32 status) case NLM_LCK_GRANTED: return 0; case NLM_LCK_DENIED: - return -EAGAIN; + return -ENOLCK; case NLM_LCK_DENIED_NOLOCKS: case NLM_LCK_DENIED_GRACE_PERIOD: return -ENOLCK; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/