RE: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value invmbus_request_offers()

[KY Srinivasan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 5:28 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: Greg KH; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang; Abhishek Kane (Mindtree Consulting
> PVT LTD)
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in
> vmbus_request_offers()
> 
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 09:20:16PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 4:45 PM
> > > To: KY Srinivasan
> > > Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang;
> > > Abhishek Kane (Mindtree Consulting PVT LTD)
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in
> > > vmbus_request_offers()
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 03:50:13PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > > > Increase the timeout value in vmbus_request_offers().
> > >
> > > Why?  What does this solve/fix/prevent?
> >
> > On some very loaded systems, when we tested the 1 second timeout that
> > we had prior to this patch was insufficient. So I bumped it to 5 seconds.
> 
> Ok, then this should be something that goes into 3.0 and older kernels,
> right?
> 
> If so, please say so, with this type of description, when you submit it.
> 
> Remember, don't say only what you did in the changelog comment, but why
> you did it if it's not obvious (and it wasn't here.)
> 
> Care to resend this one with this information?

Will do.

Thanks,

K. Y

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