const struct nfs_pgio_completion_ops *compl_ops);
 extern int nfs_initiate_read(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
                             struct nfs_read_data *data,
-                            const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops);
+                            const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops, int flags);
 extern void nfs_read_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata);
 extern int nfs_generic_pagein(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
                              struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr);
 extern int nfs_initiate_write(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
                              struct nfs_write_data *data,
                              const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops,
-                             int how);
+                             int how, int flags);
 extern void nfs_write_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata);
 extern void nfs_commit_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata);
 extern int nfs_initiate_commit(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
                               struct nfs_commit_data *data,
                               const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops,
-                              int how);
+                              int how, int flags);
 extern void nfs_init_commit(struct nfs_commit_data *data,
                            struct list_head *head,
                            struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 
 
        /* Perform an asynchronous read to ds */
        status = nfs_initiate_read(ds->ds_clp->cl_rpcclient, data,
-                                  &filelayout_read_call_ops);
+                                 &filelayout_read_call_ops, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
        BUG_ON(status != 0);
        return PNFS_ATTEMPTED;
 }
 
        /* Perform an asynchronous write */
        status = nfs_initiate_write(ds->ds_clp->cl_rpcclient, data,
-                                   &filelayout_write_call_ops, sync);
+                                   &filelayout_write_call_ops, sync,
+                                   RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
        BUG_ON(status != 0);
        return PNFS_ATTEMPTED;
 }
        if (fh)
                data->args.fh = fh;
        return nfs_initiate_commit(ds->ds_clp->cl_rpcclient, data,
-                                  &filelayout_commit_call_ops, how);
+                                  &filelayout_commit_call_ops, how,
+                                  RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
 }
 
 static int
                if (!data->lseg) {
                        nfs_init_commit(data, mds_pages, NULL, cinfo);
                        nfs_initiate_commit(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data,
-                                           data->mds_ops, how);
+                                           data->mds_ops, how, 0);
                } else {
                        struct pnfs_commit_bucket *buckets;
 
 
 
 int nfs_initiate_read(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
                      struct nfs_read_data *data,
-                     const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops)
+                     const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops, int flags)
 {
        struct inode *inode = data->header->inode;
        int swap_flags = IS_SWAPFILE(inode) ? NFS_RPC_SWAPFLAGS : 0;
                .callback_ops = call_ops,
                .callback_data = data,
                .workqueue = nfsiod_workqueue,
-               .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | swap_flags,
+               .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | swap_flags | flags,
        };
 
        /* Set up the initial task struct. */
 {
        struct inode *inode = data->header->inode;
 
-       return nfs_initiate_read(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, call_ops);
+       return nfs_initiate_read(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, call_ops, 0);
 }
 
 static int
 
 int nfs_initiate_write(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
                       struct nfs_write_data *data,
                       const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops,
-                      int how)
+                      int how, int flags)
 {
        struct inode *inode = data->header->inode;
        int priority = flush_task_priority(how);
                .callback_ops = call_ops,
                .callback_data = data,
                .workqueue = nfsiod_workqueue,
-               .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC,
+               .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | flags,
                .priority = priority,
        };
        int ret = 0;
 {
        struct inode *inode = data->header->inode;
 
-       return nfs_initiate_write(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, call_ops, how);
+       return nfs_initiate_write(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, call_ops, how, 0);
 }
 
 static int nfs_do_multiple_writes(struct list_head *head,
 
 int nfs_initiate_commit(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct nfs_commit_data *data,
                        const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops,
-                       int how)
+                       int how, int flags)
 {
        struct rpc_task *task;
        int priority = flush_task_priority(how);
                .callback_ops = call_ops,
                .callback_data = data,
                .workqueue = nfsiod_workqueue,
-               .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC,
+               .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | flags,
                .priority = priority,
        };
        /* Set up the initial task struct.  */
        /* Set up the argument struct */
        nfs_init_commit(data, head, NULL, cinfo);
        atomic_inc(&cinfo->mds->rpcs_out);
-       return nfs_initiate_commit(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, data->mds_ops, how);
+       return nfs_initiate_commit(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data, data->mds_ops,
+                                  how, 0);
  out_bad:
        nfs_retry_commit(head, NULL, cinfo);
        cinfo->completion_ops->error_cleanup(NFS_I(inode));