return true;
 
 disconnect:
-       drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+       conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
        return false;
 }
 
        crypto_free_hash(csums_tfm);
        /* but free the verify_tfm again, if csums_tfm did not work out */
        crypto_free_hash(verify_tfm);
-       drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+       conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
        return false;
 }
 
                   mdev->state.disk >= D_OUTDATED &&
                   mdev->state.conn < C_CONNECTED) {
                        dev_err(DEV, "The peer's disk size is too small!\n");
-                       drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+                       conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
                        mdev->ldev->dc.disk_size = my_usize;
                        put_ldev(mdev);
                        return false;
            (mdev->ed_uuid & ~((u64)1)) != (p_uuid[UI_CURRENT] & ~((u64)1))) {
                dev_err(DEV, "Can only connect to data with current UUID=%016llX\n",
                    (unsigned long long)mdev->ed_uuid);
-               drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+               conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
                return false;
        }
 
                                if (test_and_clear_bit(CONN_DRY_RUN, &mdev->flags))
                                        return false;
                                D_ASSERT(os.conn == C_WF_REPORT_PARAMS);
-                               drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+                               conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
                                return false;
                        }
                }
                tl_clear(mdev->tconn);
                drbd_uuid_new_current(mdev);
                clear_bit(NEW_CUR_UUID, &mdev->flags);
-               drbd_force_state(mdev, NS2(conn, C_PROTOCOL_ERROR, susp, 0));
+               conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS2(conn, C_PROTOCOL_ERROR, susp, 0), CS_HARD);
                return false;
        }
        rv = _drbd_set_state(mdev, ns, cs_flags, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->tconn->req_lock);
 
        if (rv < SS_SUCCESS) {
-               drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+               conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
                return false;
        }
 
         * during all our tests. */
 
        dev_err(DEV, "receive_bitmap_c: unknown encoding %u\n", p->encoding);
-       drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_PROTOCOL_ERROR));
+       conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_PROTOCOL_ERROR), CS_HARD);
        return -EIO;
 }
 
 
        ok = drbd_send_drequest(mdev, P_DATA_REQUEST, req->i.sector, req->i.size,
                                (unsigned long)req);
 
-       if (!ok) {
-               /* ?? we set C_TIMEOUT or C_BROKEN_PIPE in drbd_send();
-                * so this is probably redundant */
-               if (mdev->state.conn >= C_CONNECTED)
-                       drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_NETWORK_FAILURE));
-       }
        req_mod(req, ok ? HANDED_OVER_TO_NETWORK : SEND_FAILED);
 
        return ok;
                        if (r > 0) {
                                dev_info(DEV, "before-resync-target handler returned %d, "
                                         "dropping connection.\n", r);
-                               drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+                               conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
                                return;
                        }
                } else /* C_SYNC_SOURCE */ {
                                } else {
                                        dev_info(DEV, "before-resync-source handler returned %d, "
                                                 "dropping connection.\n", r);
-                                       drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
+                                       conn_request_state(mdev->tconn, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING), CS_HARD);
                                        return;
                                }
                        }