[PATCH V2 01/10] Drivers: hv: util: Increase the timeout for util services

[K. Y. Srinivasan]

Util services such as KVP and FCOPY need assistance from daemon's running
in user space. Increase the timeout so we don't prematurely terminate
the transaction in the kernel. Host sets up a 60 second timeout for
all util driver transactions. The host will retry the transaction if it
times out. Set the guest timeout at 30 seconds.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
	V2: Added additional details to commit log - Olaf	

 drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c     |    3 ++-
 drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c       |    3 ++-
 drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h |    5 +++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
index db4b887..bbdec50 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ void hv_fcopy_onchannelcallback(void *context)
 		 * Send the information to the user-level daemon.
 		 */
 		schedule_work(&fcopy_send_work);
-		schedule_delayed_work(&fcopy_timeout_work, 5*HZ);
+		schedule_delayed_work(&fcopy_timeout_work,
+				      HV_UTIL_TIMEOUT * HZ);
 		return;
 	}
 	icmsghdr->icflags = ICMSGHDRFLAG_TRANSACTION | ICMSGHDRFLAG_RESPONSE;
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
index 74c38a9..e6aa33a 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
@@ -668,7 +668,8 @@ void hv_kvp_onchannelcallback(void *context)
 			 * user-mode not responding.
 			 */
 			schedule_work(&kvp_sendkey_work);
-			schedule_delayed_work(&kvp_timeout_work, 5*HZ);
+			schedule_delayed_work(&kvp_timeout_work,
+					      HV_UTIL_TIMEOUT * HZ);
 
 			return;
 
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
index 3d70e36..f26599b 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 #include <linux/hyperv.h>
 
 /*
+ * Timeout for services such as KVP and fcopy.
+ */
+#define HV_UTIL_TIMEOUT 30
+
+/*
  * The below CPUID leaves are present if VersionAndFeatures.HypervisorPresent
  * is set by CPUID(HVCPUID_VERSION_FEATURES).
  */
-- 
1.7.4.1

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