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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 22:38:12 -0700 From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com> To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com, jasowang@...hat.com Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [PATCH V2 2/2] Drivers: hv: balloon: Do not post pressure status if interrupted When we are posting pressure status, we may get interrupted and handle the un-balloon operation. In this case just don't post the status as we know the pressure status is stale. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com> Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> --- drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c index 61b7351..deb5c25 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c @@ -975,6 +975,14 @@ static void post_status(struct hv_dynmem_device *dm) dm->num_pages_ballooned + compute_balloon_floor(); + /* + * If our transaction ID is no longer current, just don't + * send the status. This can happen if we were interrupted + * after we picked our transaction ID. + */ + if (status.hdr.trans_id != atomic_read(&trans_id)) + return; + vmbus_sendpacket(dm->dev->channel, &status, sizeof(struct dm_status), (unsigned long)NULL, -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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