4.11-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 260f32adb88dadfaac29f47f761a088238ca164c upstream. The check in nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds() seems to be missing. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: a33e4b036d461 ("pNFS: return status from nfs4_pnfs_ds_connect") Cc: Weston Andros Adamson <dros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c +++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_la mirror->mirror_ds->ds_versions[0].minor_version); /* connect success, check rsize/wsize limit */ - if (ds->ds_clp) { + if (!status) { max_payload = nfs_block_size(rpc_max_payload(ds->ds_clp->cl_rpcclient), NULL);