Hello, write() from cifs kernel driver blocks when disconnecting the cifs server. The blocking call didn't return after 30 minutes. Client and server are connected via a switch and server's LAN cable is unplugged during the write call. I use kernel 3.11.8 and mounted without "hard" option. Is there a possibility for an non-blocking write() without using O_SYNC or "directio" mount option? Way to reproduce the scenario: Below is a sample program which calls write() in a loop. The error messages appear when unplugging the cable during this loop. Kind regards, Hagen CIFS VFS: sends on sock ffff88003710c280 stuck for 15 seconds CIFS VFS: Error -11 sending data on socket to server #include <fstream> #include <iostream> int main () { const int size = 100000; char buffer[size]; std::ofstream outfile("/mnt/new.bin",std::ofstream::binary); if (!outfile.is_open()) { return 1; } for (int idx=0; idx<10000 && outfile.good(); idx++) { outfile.write(buffer,size); std::cout << "written, size=" << size << std::endl; } std::cout << "finished " << outfile.good() << std::endl; outfile.close(); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html