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-rw-r--r--init/do_mounts.c35
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index b2eee02e0f83..2974c8b3b351 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -400,15 +400,42 @@ out:
}
#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
+
+#define NFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MIN 5
+#define NFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MAX 30
+#define NFSROOT_RETRY_MAX 5
+
static int __init mount_nfs_root(void)
{
char *root_dev, *root_data;
+ unsigned int timeout;
+ int try, err;
- if (nfs_root_data(&root_dev, &root_data) != 0)
- return 0;
- if (do_mount_root(root_dev, "nfs", root_mountflags, root_data) != 0)
+ err = nfs_root_data(&root_dev, &root_data);
+ if (err != 0)
return 0;
- return 1;
+
+ /*
+ * The server or network may not be ready, so try several
+ * times. Stop after a few tries in case the client wants
+ * to fall back to other boot methods.
+ */
+ timeout = NFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MIN;
+ for (try = 1; ; try++) {
+ err = do_mount_root(root_dev, "nfs",
+ root_mountflags, root_data);
+ if (err == 0)
+ return 1;
+ if (try > NFSROOT_RETRY_MAX)
+ break;
+
+ /* Wait, in case the server refused us immediately */
+ ssleep(timeout);
+ timeout <<= 1;
+ if (timeout > NFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MAX)
+ timeout = NFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MAX;
+ }
+ return 0;
}
#endif