1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 2c7efd26992d..0ad3e2d116a6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -199,7 +199,25 @@ smb_sendv(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec)
                                     n_vec - first_vec, total_len);
                 if ((rc == -ENOSPC) || (rc == -EAGAIN)) {
                         i++;
-                        if (i >= 14) {
+                        /* if blocking send we try 3 times, since each can block
+                           for 5 seconds. For nonblocking  we have to try more
+                           but wait increasing amounts of time allowing time for
+                           socket to clear.  The overall time we wait in either
+                           case to send on the socket is about 15 seconds.
+                           Similarly we wait for 15 seconds for
+                           a response from the server in SendReceive[2]
+                           for the server to send a response back for
+                           most types of requests (except SMB Write
+                           past end of file which can be slow, and
+                           blocking lock operations). NFS waits slightly longer
+                           than CIFS, but this can make it take longer for
+                           nonresponsive servers to be detected and 15 seconds
+                           is more than enough time for modern networks to
+                           send a packet.  In most cases if we fail to send
+                           after the retries we will kill the socket and
+                           reconnect which may clear the network problem.
+                        */
+                        if ((i >= 14) || (!server->noblocksnd && (i > 2))) {
                                 cERROR(1,
                                    ("sends on sock %p stuck for 15 seconds",
                                     ssocket));