+/*
+ * Distinguish between permanent and temporary errors.
+ *
+ * Basically, we retry if communication with the server has
+ * failed so far, but fail immediately if there is a local
+ * error (like a bad mount option).
+ *
+ * ESTALE is also a temporary error because some servers
+ * return ESTALE when a share is temporarily offline.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if we should fail immediately, or 0 if we
+ * should retry.
+ */
+static int nfs_is_permanent_error(int error)
+{
+ switch (error) {
+ case ESTALE:
+ case ETIMEDOUT:
+ case ECONNREFUSED:
+ return 0; /* temporary */
+ default:
+ return 1; /* permanent */
+ }
+}
+