return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Use the remote server's MOUNT service to request the NFS file handle
+ * corresponding to the provided path.
+ */
+static int nfs_try_mount(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args,
+                        struct nfs_fh *root_fh)
+{
+       struct sockaddr_in sin;
+       int status;
+
+       if (args->mount_server.version == 0) {
+               if (args->flags & NFS_MOUNT_VER3)
+                       args->mount_server.version = NFS_MNT3_VERSION;
+               else
+                       args->mount_server.version = NFS_MNT_VERSION;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Construct the mount server's address.
+        */
+       if (args->mount_server.address.sin_addr.s_addr != INADDR_ANY)
+               sin = args->mount_server.address;
+       else
+               sin = args->nfs_server.address;
+       if (args->mount_server.port == 0) {
+               status = rpcb_getport_sync(&sin,
+                                          args->mount_server.program,
+                                          args->mount_server.version,
+                                          args->mount_server.protocol);
+               if (status < 0)
+                       goto out_err;
+               sin.sin_port = htons(status);
+       } else
+               sin.sin_port = htons(args->mount_server.port);
+
+       /*
+        * Now ask the mount server to map our export path
+        * to a file handle.
+        */
+       status = nfs_mount((struct sockaddr *) &sin,
+                          sizeof(sin),
+                          args->nfs_server.hostname,
+                          args->nfs_server.export_path,
+                          args->mount_server.version,
+                          args->mount_server.protocol,
+                          root_fh);
+       if (status < 0)
+               goto out_err;
+
+       return status;
+
+out_err:
+       dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: unable to contact server on host "
+                NIPQUAD_FMT "\n", NIPQUAD(sin.sin_addr.s_addr));
+       return status;
+}
+
 /*
  * Validate the NFS2/NFS3 mount data
  * - fills in the mount root filehandle