fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c            |    3 ++-
 include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h |    2 ++
 net/sunrpc/clnt.c            |    4 ++--
 net/sunrpc/sched.c           |    5 ++++-
 net/sunrpc/xprt.c            |    6 +++---
 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c linux-2.6.0-19-soft/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
--- linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c	2003-11-03 16:34:48.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-19-soft/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c	2003-11-03 16:38:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -1639,7 +1639,8 @@
 		.rpc_cred	= clp->cl_cred,
 	};
 
-	return rpc_call_async(clp->cl_rpcclient, &msg, 0, renew_done, (void *)jiffies);
+	return rpc_call_async(clp->cl_rpcclient, &msg, RPC_TASK_SOFT,
+			renew_done, (void *)jiffies);
 }
 
 int
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h linux-2.6.0-19-soft/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
--- linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h	2003-11-03 15:58:40.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-19-soft/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h	2003-11-03 16:37:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 #define RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS	0x0040		/* force root creds */
 #define RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC	0x0080		/* task was kmalloc'ed */
 #define RPC_TASK_KILLED		0x0100		/* task was killed */
+#define RPC_TASK_SOFT		0x0200		/* Use soft timeouts */
 
 #define RPC_IS_ASYNC(t)		((t)->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_ASYNC)
 #define RPC_IS_SETUID(t)	((t)->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_SETUID)
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
 #define RPC_ASSASSINATED(t)	((t)->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_KILLED)
 #define RPC_IS_ACTIVATED(t)	((t)->tk_active)
 #define RPC_DO_CALLBACK(t)	((t)->tk_callback != NULL)
+#define RPC_IS_SOFT(t)		((t)->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_SOFT)
 
 #define RPC_TASK_SLEEPING	0
 #define RPC_TASK_RUNNING	1
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/net/sunrpc/clnt.c linux-2.6.0-19-soft/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
--- linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/net/sunrpc/clnt.c	2003-11-03 16:31:17.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-19-soft/net/sunrpc/clnt.c	2003-11-03 16:37:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
 	to->to_retries = clnt->cl_timeout.to_retries;
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %4d call_timeout (major)\n", task->tk_pid);
-	if (clnt->cl_softrtry) {
+	if (RPC_IS_SOFT(task)) {
 		if (clnt->cl_chatty)
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: server %s not responding, timed out\n",
 				clnt->cl_protname, clnt->cl_server);
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (task->tk_status < 12) {
-		if (!clnt->cl_softrtry) {
+		if (!RPC_IS_SOFT(task)) {
 			task->tk_action = call_bind;
 			clnt->cl_stats->rpcretrans++;
 			goto out_retry;
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/net/sunrpc/sched.c linux-2.6.0-19-soft/net/sunrpc/sched.c
--- linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/net/sunrpc/sched.c	2003-11-03 15:57:47.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-19-soft/net/sunrpc/sched.c	2003-11-03 16:37:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -731,8 +731,11 @@
 	list_add(&task->tk_task, &all_tasks);
 	spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
 
-	if (clnt)
+	if (clnt) {
 		atomic_inc(&clnt->cl_users);
+		if (clnt->cl_softrtry)
+			task->tk_flags |= RPC_TASK_SOFT;
+	}
 
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
 	task->tk_magic = 0xf00baa;
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/net/sunrpc/xprt.c linux-2.6.0-19-soft/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
--- linux-2.6.0-18-state_recovery/net/sunrpc/xprt.c	2003-11-03 16:31:17.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-19-soft/net/sunrpc/xprt.c	2003-11-03 16:37:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
 	case -ECONNRESET:
 	case -ENOTCONN:
-		if (!task->tk_client->cl_softrtry) {
+		if (!RPC_IS_SOFT(task)) {
 			rpc_delay(task, RPC_REESTABLISH_TIMEOUT);
 			task->tk_status = -ENOTCONN;
 			break;
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 	default:
 		/* Report myriad other possible returns.  If this file
 		 * system is soft mounted, just error out, like Solaris.  */
-		if (task->tk_client->cl_softrtry) {
+		if (RPC_IS_SOFT(task)) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING
 			"RPC: error %d connecting to server %s, exiting\n",
 					-status, task->tk_client->cl_server);
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* if soft mounted, just cause this RPC to fail */
-	if (task->tk_client->cl_softrtry)
+	if (RPC_IS_SOFT(task))
 		task->tk_status = -EIO;
 
 	switch (task->tk_status) {