Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The host may send multiple negotiation packets (due to timeout) before > the KVP user-mode daemon is connected. We need to defer processing > those packets until the daemon is negotiated and connected. It's okay > for guest to respond to all negotiation packets. > > In addition, the host may send multiple staged KVP requests as soon as > negotiation is done. We need to properly process those packets using > one tasklet for exclusive access to ring buffer. > > This patch is based on the work of Nick Meier > <Nick.Meier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The patch v2 has incorporated suggestion from Vitaly Kuznetsov > <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>. > > Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c | 12 +++++++----- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c > index de26371..845b70b 100644 > --- a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c > +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c > @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void kvp_poll_wrapper(void *channel) > { > /* Transaction is finished, reset the state here to avoid races. */ > kvp_transaction.state = HVUTIL_READY; > - hv_kvp_onchannelcallback(channel); > + tasklet_schedule(&((struct vmbus_channel*)channel)->callback_event); > } There is one more function in the code which calls hv_kvp_onchannelcallback(): static void kvp_host_handshake_func(struct work_struct *dummy) { hv_poll_channel(kvp_transaction.recv_channel, hv_kvp_onchannelcallback); } we can't replace hv_kvp_onchannelcallback with kvp_poll_wrapper here as we don't want to reset kvp_transaction.state but it seems this should also get updated, e.g. hv_poll_channel() here can be replaced with the direct tasklet_schedule(&((struct vmbus_channel*)channel)->callback_event); call. This will ensure hv_kvp_onchannelcallback() calls are always serialized. > > static void kvp_register_done(void) > @@ -628,16 +628,17 @@ void hv_kvp_onchannelcallback(void *context) > NEGO_IN_PROGRESS, > NEGO_FINISHED} host_negotiatied = NEGO_NOT_STARTED; > > - if (host_negotiatied == NEGO_NOT_STARTED && > - kvp_transaction.state < HVUTIL_READY) { > + if (kvp_transaction.state < HVUTIL_READY) { > /* > * If userspace daemon is not connected and host is asking > * us to negotiate we need to delay to not lose messages. > * This is important for Failover IP setting. > */ > - host_negotiatied = NEGO_IN_PROGRESS; > - schedule_delayed_work(&kvp_host_handshake_work, > + if (host_negotiatied == NEGO_NOT_STARTED) { > + host_negotiatied = NEGO_IN_PROGRESS; > + schedule_delayed_work(&kvp_host_handshake_work, > HV_UTIL_NEGO_TIMEOUT * HZ); > + } > return; > } > if (kvp_transaction.state > HVUTIL_READY) > @@ -705,6 +706,7 @@ void hv_kvp_onchannelcallback(void *context) > VM_PKT_DATA_INBAND, 0); > > host_negotiatied = NEGO_FINISHED; > + hv_poll_channel(kvp_transaction.recv_channel, kvp_poll_wrapper); > } > > } -- Vitaly