Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@xxxxxxxxxx> --- utils/mount/nfs.man | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index 7a410422..3cef2e23 100644 --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man @@ -94,31 +94,38 @@ This option is an alternative to the option. It is included for compatibility with other operating systems .TP 1.5i -.BR soft " / " hard +.BR soft " / " softerr " / " hard Determines the recovery behavior of the NFS client after an NFS request times out. -If neither option is specified (or if the +If no option is specified (or if the .B hard option is specified), NFS requests are retried indefinitely. -If the -.B soft +If either the +.BR soft " or " softerr option is specified, then the NFS client fails an NFS request after .B retrans retransmissions have been sent, -causing the NFS client to return an error -to the calling application. +causing the NFS client to return either the error +.B EIO +(for the +.B soft +option) or +.B ETIMEDOUT +(for the +.B softerr +option) to the calling application. .IP .I NB: A so-called "soft" timeout can cause silent data corruption in certain cases. As such, use the -.B soft +.BR soft " or " softerr option only when client responsiveness is more important than data integrity. Using NFS over TCP or increasing the value of the .B retrans option may mitigate some of the risks of using the -.B soft +.BR soft " or " softerr option. .TP 1.5i .BR softreval " / " nosoftreval -- 2.39.2
