linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] Drivers: hv: balloon: Initialize last_post

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Date:   Sun,  6 Aug 2017 13:12:55 -0700
From:   kys@...hange.microsoft.com
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        leann.ogasawara@...onical.com, marcelo.cerri@...onical.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Cc:     Alex Ng <alexng@...sages.microsoft.com>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Drivers: hv: balloon: Initialize last_post_time on startup

From: Alex Ng <alexng@...sages.microsoft.com>

When left uninitialized, this sometimes fails the following check in
post_status():

	if (!time_after(now, (last_post_time + HZ))) {
		return;
        }

This causes unnecessary delays in reporting memory pressure to host after
booting up.

Signed-off-by: Alex Ng <alexng@...sages.microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
index 7cec482..db0e665 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
@@ -1655,6 +1655,7 @@ static int balloon_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	dm_device.state = DM_INITIALIZED;
+	last_post_time = jiffies;
 
 	return 0;
 
-- 
1.7.1