diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index b6a1ca5..062911e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@
 	case IPPROTO_TCP:
 		if (!to->to_initval)
 			to->to_initval = 60 * HZ;
-		if (to->to_initval > RPC_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT)
-			to->to_initval = RPC_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT;
+		if (to->to_initval > NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT)
+			to->to_initval = NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT;
 		to->to_increment = to->to_initval;
 		to->to_maxval = to->to_initval + (to->to_increment * to->to_retries);
 		to->to_exponential = 0;
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@
 	default:
 		if (!to->to_initval)
 			to->to_initval = 11 * HZ / 10;
-		if (to->to_initval > RPC_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT)
-			to->to_initval = RPC_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT;
-		to->to_maxval = RPC_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT;
+		if (to->to_initval > NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT)
+			to->to_initval = NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT;
+		to->to_maxval = NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT;
 		to->to_exponential = 1;
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 9a6047f..7bac278 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 #define NFS_MAX_FILE_IO_BUFFER_SIZE	32768
 #define NFS_DEF_FILE_IO_BUFFER_SIZE	4096
 
+/* Default timeout values */
+#define NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT	(60*HZ)
+#define NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT	(600*HZ)
+
 /*
  * superblock magic number for NFS
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
index 9d9266c..2543adf 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
@@ -22,28 +22,6 @@
 #define RPC_DEF_SLOT_TABLE	(16U)
 #define RPC_MAX_SLOT_TABLE	(128U)
 
-/* Default timeout values */
-#define RPC_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT	(60*HZ)
-#define RPC_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT	(600*HZ)
-
-/*
- * Wait duration for an RPC TCP connection to be established.  Solaris
- * NFS over TCP uses 60 seconds, for example, which is in line with how
- * long a server takes to reboot.
- */
-#define RPC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT	(60*HZ)
-
-/*
- * Delay an arbitrary number of seconds before attempting to reconnect
- * after an error.
- */
-#define RPC_REESTABLISH_TIMEOUT	(15*HZ)
-
-/*
- * RPC transport idle timeout.
- */
-#define RPC_IDLE_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT	(5*60*HZ)
-
 /*
  * RPC call and reply header size as number of 32bit words (verifier
  * size computed separately)
@@ -182,14 +160,19 @@
 	/*
 	 * Connection of transports
 	 */
+	unsigned long		connect_timeout,
+				bind_timeout,
+				reestablish_timeout;
 	struct work_struct	connect_worker;
 	unsigned short		port;
+
 	/*
 	 * Disconnection of idle transports
 	 */
 	struct work_struct	task_cleanup;
 	struct timer_list	timer;
-	unsigned long		last_used;
+	unsigned long		last_used,
+				idle_timeout;
 
 	/*
 	 * Send stuff
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index cc1b773..24b44e7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
 	task->tk_action = call_connect;
 	if (!clnt->cl_port) {
 		task->tk_action = call_bind_status;
-		task->tk_timeout = RPC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
+		task->tk_timeout = task->tk_xprt->bind_timeout;
 		rpc_getport(task, clnt);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 0458319..215be0d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
 		if (task->tk_rqstp)
 			task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
 
-		task->tk_timeout = RPC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
+		task->tk_timeout = xprt->connect_timeout;
 		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->pending, task, xprt_connect_status, NULL);
 		xprt->ops->connect(task);
 	}
@@ -763,7 +763,6 @@
 
 	switch (status) {
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
-		task->tk_timeout = RPC_REESTABLISH_TIMEOUT;
 		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->sending, task, NULL, NULL);
 	case -EAGAIN:
 	case -ENOTCONN:
@@ -857,7 +856,7 @@
 	xprt->last_used = jiffies;
 	if (list_empty(&xprt->recv) && !xprt->shutdown)
 		mod_timer(&xprt->timer,
-				xprt->last_used + RPC_IDLE_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT);
+				xprt->last_used + xprt->idle_timeout);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	task->tk_rqstp = NULL;
 	memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));	/* mark unused */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 88ac71f..06c2d95 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -41,6 +41,50 @@
  */
 #define XS_SENDMSG_RETRY	(10U)
 
+/*
+ * Time out for an RPC UDP socket connect.  UDP socket connects are
+ * synchronous, but we set a timeout anyway in case of resource
+ * exhaustion on the local host.
+ */
+#define XS_UDP_CONN_TO		(5U * HZ)
+
+/*
+ * Wait duration for an RPC TCP connection to be established.  Solaris
+ * NFS over TCP uses 60 seconds, for example, which is in line with how
+ * long a server takes to reboot.
+ */
+#define XS_TCP_CONN_TO		(60U * HZ)
+
+/*
+ * Wait duration for a reply from the RPC portmapper.
+ */
+#define XS_BIND_TO		(60U * HZ)
+
+/*
+ * Delay if a UDP socket connect error occurs.  This is most likely some
+ * kind of resource problem on the local host.
+ */
+#define XS_UDP_REEST_TO		(2U * HZ)
+
+/*
+ * The reestablish timeout allows clients to delay for a bit before attempting
+ * to reconnect to a server that just dropped our connection.
+ *
+ * We implement an exponential backoff when trying to reestablish a TCP
+ * transport connection with the server.  Some servers like to drop a TCP
+ * connection when they are overworked, so we start with a short timeout and
+ * increase over time if the server is down or not responding.
+ */
+#define XS_TCP_INIT_REEST_TO	(3U * HZ)
+#define XS_TCP_MAX_REEST_TO	(5U * 60 * HZ)
+
+/*
+ * TCP idle timeout; client drops the transport socket if it is idle
+ * for this long.  Note that we also timeout UDP sockets to prevent
+ * holding port numbers when there is no RPC traffic.
+ */
+#define XS_IDLE_DISC_TO		(5U * 60 * HZ)
+
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
 # undef  RPC_DEBUG_DATA
 # define RPCDBG_FACILITY	RPCDBG_TRANS
@@ -739,6 +783,7 @@
 			xprt->tcp_reclen = 0;
 			xprt->tcp_copied = 0;
 			xprt->tcp_flags = XPRT_COPY_RECM | XPRT_COPY_XID;
+			xprt->reestablish_timeout = XS_TCP_INIT_REEST_TO;
 			xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, 0);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
@@ -1066,6 +1111,13 @@
  * @task: address of RPC task that manages state of connect request
  *
  * TCP: If the remote end dropped the connection, delay reconnecting.
+ *
+ * UDP socket connects are synchronous, but we use a work queue anyway
+ * to guarantee that even unprivileged user processes can set up a
+ * socket on a privileged port.
+ *
+ * If a UDP socket connect fails, the delay behavior here prevents
+ * retry floods (hard mounts).
  */
 static void xs_connect(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
@@ -1075,9 +1127,13 @@
 		return;
 
 	if (xprt->sock != NULL) {
-		dprintk("RPC:      xs_connect delayed xprt %p\n", xprt);
+		dprintk("RPC:      xs_connect delayed xprt %p for %lu seconds\n",
+				xprt, xprt->reestablish_timeout / HZ);
 		schedule_delayed_work(&xprt->connect_worker,
-					RPC_REESTABLISH_TIMEOUT);
+					xprt->reestablish_timeout);
+		xprt->reestablish_timeout <<= 1;
+		if (xprt->reestablish_timeout > XS_TCP_MAX_REEST_TO)
+			xprt->reestablish_timeout = XS_TCP_MAX_REEST_TO;
 	} else {
 		dprintk("RPC:      xs_connect scheduled xprt %p\n", xprt);
 		schedule_work(&xprt->connect_worker);
@@ -1139,6 +1195,10 @@
 	xprt->max_payload = (1U << 16) - (MAX_HEADER << 3);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&xprt->connect_worker, xs_udp_connect_worker, xprt);
+	xprt->bind_timeout = XS_BIND_TO;
+	xprt->connect_timeout = XS_UDP_CONN_TO;
+	xprt->reestablish_timeout = XS_UDP_REEST_TO;
+	xprt->idle_timeout = XS_IDLE_DISC_TO;
 
 	xprt->ops = &xs_udp_ops;
 
@@ -1176,6 +1236,10 @@
 	xprt->max_payload = RPC_MAX_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&xprt->connect_worker, xs_tcp_connect_worker, xprt);
+	xprt->bind_timeout = XS_BIND_TO;
+	xprt->connect_timeout = XS_TCP_CONN_TO;
+	xprt->reestablish_timeout = XS_TCP_INIT_REEST_TO;
+	xprt->idle_timeout = XS_IDLE_DISC_TO;
 
 	xprt->ops = &xs_tcp_ops;