3 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index b0591cd172eb..1137d09c5976 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -787,15 +787,20 @@ exp_get_by_name(svc_client *clp, struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
         key.ex_dentry = dentry;
 
         exp = svc_export_lookup(&key);
-        if (exp != NULL) 
-                switch (cache_check(&svc_export_cache, &exp->h, reqp)) {
+        if (exp != NULL)  {
+                int err;
+
+                err = cache_check(&svc_export_cache, &exp->h, reqp);
+                switch (err) {
                 case 0: break;
                 case -EAGAIN:
-                        exp = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+                case -ETIMEDOUT:
+                        exp = ERR_PTR(err);
                         break;
                 default:
                         exp = NULL;
                 }
+        }
 
         return exp;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 727ab3bd450d..b06bf9f70efc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -169,9 +169,11 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
                         exp = exp_find(rqstp->rq_client, 0, tfh, &rqstp->rq_chandle);
                 }
 
-                error = nfserr_dropit;
-                if (IS_ERR(exp) && PTR_ERR(exp) == -EAGAIN)
+                if (IS_ERR(exp) && (PTR_ERR(exp) == -EAGAIN
+                                || PTR_ERR(exp) == -ETIMEDOUT)) {
+                        error = nfserrno(PTR_ERR(exp));
                         goto out;
+                }
 
                 error = nfserr_stale; 
                 if (!exp || IS_ERR(exp))
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 4883d7586229..7a79c23aa6d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static struct raparm_hbucket	raparm_hash[RAPARM_HASH_SIZE];
 /* 
  * Called from nfsd_lookup and encode_dirent. Check if we have crossed 
  * a mount point.
- * Returns -EAGAIN leaving *dpp and *expp unchanged, 
+ * Returns -EAGAIN or -ETIMEDOUT leaving *dpp and *expp unchanged,
  *  or nfs_ok having possibly changed *dpp and *expp
  */
 int