3 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/9p/transport.h b/include/net/9p/transport.h
index 9a36d9297114..d9fa68f26c41 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/transport.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/transport.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
  * @close: member function to discard a connection on this transport
  * @request: member function to issue a request to the transport
  * @cancel: member function to cancel a request (if it hasn't been sent)
+ * @cancelled: member function to notify that a cancelled request will not
+ *             not receive a reply
  *
  * This is the basic API for a transport module which is registered by the
  * transport module with the 9P core network module and used by the client
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ struct p9_trans_module {
         void (*close) (struct p9_client *);
         int (*request) (struct p9_client *, struct p9_req_t *req);
         int (*cancel) (struct p9_client *, struct p9_req_t *req);
+        int (*cancelled)(struct p9_client *, struct p9_req_t *req);
         int (*zc_request)(struct p9_client *, struct p9_req_t *,
                           char *, char *, int , int, int, int);
 };
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index d18a0b22f62c..8b93cae2d11d 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -658,12 +658,18 @@ static int p9_client_flush(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *oldreq)
 
         /*
          * if we haven't received a response for oldreq,
-         * remove it from the list.
+         * remove it from the list, and notify the transport
+         * layer that the reply will never arrive.
          */
         spin_lock(&c->lock);
-        if (oldreq->status == REQ_STATUS_FLSH)
+        if (oldreq->status == REQ_STATUS_FLSH) {
                 list_del(&oldreq->req_list);
-        spin_unlock(&c->lock);
+                spin_unlock(&c->lock);
+                if (c->trans_mod->cancelled)
+                        c->trans_mod->cancelled(c, req);
+        } else {
+                spin_unlock(&c->lock);
+        }
 
         p9_free_req(c, req);
         return 0;
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
index 8f68df5d2973..928f2bb9bf8d 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
@@ -588,6 +588,17 @@ static int rdma_cancel(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
         return 1;
 }
 
+/* A request has been fully flushed without a reply.
+ * That means we have posted one buffer in excess.
+ */
+static int rdma_cancelled(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
+{
+        struct p9_trans_rdma *rdma = client->trans;
+
+        atomic_inc(&rdma->excess_rc);
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * trans_create_rdma - Transport method for creating atransport instance
  * @client: client instance