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Message-ID: <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E0480813DC6F@TK5EX14MBXC122.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:20:16 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	"Abhishek Kane (Mindtree Consulting PVT LTD)" 
	<v-abkane@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in
 vmbus_request_offers()



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@...ah.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 4:45 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@...e.de; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; virtualization@...ts.osdl.org; 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.

Regards,

K. Y
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