This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't timeout during the initial connection with
to my char-misc git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git
in the char-misc-linus branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the
next -rc kernel release.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
>From 269f979467cf49f2ea8132316c1f00f8c9678f7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:59:58 -0800
Subject: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't timeout during the initial connection with
host
When the guest attempts to connect with the host when there may already be a
connection with the host (as would be the case during the kdump/kexec path),
it is difficult to guarantee timely response from the host. Starting with
WS2012 R2, the host supports this ability to re-connect with the host
(explicitly to support kexec). Prior to responding to the guest, the host
needs to ensure that device states based on the previous connection to
the host have been properly torn down. This may introduce unbounded delays.
To deal with this issue, don't do a timed wait during the initial connect
with the host.
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hv/connection.c | 11 +----------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/connection.c b/drivers/hv/connection.c
index 855bbda9964d..f2d7bf90c9fe 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/connection.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static int vmbus_negotiate_version(struct vmbus_channel_msginfo *msginfo,
int ret = 0;
struct vmbus_channel_initiate_contact *msg;
unsigned long flags;
- int t;
init_completion(&msginfo->waitevent);
@@ -102,15 +101,7 @@ static int vmbus_negotiate_version(struct vmbus_channel_msginfo *msginfo,
}
/* Wait for the connection response */
- t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, 5*HZ);
- if (t == 0) {
- spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock,
- flags);
- list_del(&msginfo->msglistentry);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock,
- flags);
- return -ETIMEDOUT;
- }
+ wait_for_completion(&msginfo->waitevent);
spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
list_del(&msginfo->msglistentry);
--
1.8.5.1.163.gd7aced9
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