[PATCH 4.4 11/28] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Reduce the delay between retries in vmbus_post_msg()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Apr 25 2017 - 11:35:31 EST


4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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;
}