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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/connect.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index a64dfa95a925..bdea4b3e8005 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -3882,8 +3882,12 @@ generic_ip_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
rc = socket->ops->connect(socket, saddr, slen,
server->noblockcnt ? O_NONBLOCK : 0);
-
- if (rc == -EINPROGRESS)
+ /*
+ * When mounting SMB root file systems, we do not want to block in
+ * connect. Otherwise bail out and then let cifs_reconnect() perform
+ * reconnect failover - if possible.
+ */
+ if (server->noblockcnt && rc == -EINPROGRESS)
rc = 0;
if (rc < 0) {
cifs_dbg(FYI, "Error %d connecting to server\n", rc);