1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index e433e7580e27..0d6002f26d82 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #define  RPCDBG_FACILITY RPCDBG_CACHE
 
-static void cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item);
+static bool cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item);
 static void cache_revisit_request(struct cache_head *item);
 
 static void cache_init(struct cache_head *h)
@@ -268,9 +268,11 @@ int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
         }
 
         if (rv == -EAGAIN) {
-                cache_defer_req(rqstp, h);
-                if (!test_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &h->flags)) {
-                        /* Request is not deferred */
+                if (!cache_defer_req(rqstp, h)) {
+                        /*
+                         * Request was not deferred; handle it as best
+                         * we can ourselves:
+                         */
                         rv = cache_is_valid(detail, h);
                         if (rv == -EAGAIN)
                                 rv = -ETIMEDOUT;
@@ -618,18 +620,19 @@ static void cache_limit_defers(void)
                 discard->revisit(discard, 1);
 }
 
-static void cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item)
+/* Return true if and only if a deferred request is queued. */
+static bool cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item)
 {
         struct cache_deferred_req *dreq;
 
         if (req->thread_wait) {
                 cache_wait_req(req, item);
                 if (!test_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &item->flags))
-                        return;
+                        return false;
         }
         dreq = req->defer(req);
         if (dreq == NULL)
-                return;
+                return false;
         setup_deferral(dreq, item, 1);
         if (!test_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &item->flags))
                 /* Bit could have been cleared before we managed to
@@ -638,6 +641,7 @@ static void cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item)
                 cache_revisit_request(item);
 
         cache_limit_defers();
+        return true;
 }
 
 static void cache_revisit_request(struct cache_head *item)