1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c
index f5c2f1979ad3..f66e2d818ccd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ static enum dlm_status dlm_send_remote_convert_request(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
         } else {
                 mlog_errno(tmpret);
                 if (dlm_is_host_down(tmpret)) {
+                        /* instead of logging the same network error over
+                         * and over, sleep here and wait for the heartbeat
+                         * to notice the node is dead.  times out after 5s. */
+                        dlm_wait_for_node_death(dlm, res->owner, 
+                                                DLM_NODE_DEATH_WAIT_MAX);
                         ret = DLM_RECOVERING;
                         mlog(0, "node %u died so returning DLM_RECOVERING "
                              "from convert message!\n", res->owner);