4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 8de0d7e951826d7592e0ba1da655b175c4aa0923 upstream. The current delay between retries is unnecessarily high and is negatively affecting the time it takes to boot the system. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hv/connection.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/hv/connection.c +++ b/drivers/hv/connection.c @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ int vmbus_post_msg(void *buffer, size_t union hv_connection_id conn_id; int ret = 0; int retries = 0; - u32 msec = 1; + u32 usec = 1; conn_id.asu32 = 0; conn_id.u.id = VMBUS_MESSAGE_CONNECTION_ID; @@ -462,9 +462,9 @@ int vmbus_post_msg(void *buffer, size_t } retries++; - msleep(msec); - if (msec < 2048) - msec *= 2; + udelay(usec); + if (usec < 2048) + usec *= 2; } return ret; }