linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 021/212] hv_vmbus: Add gradually increased delay for retries in vmbus_post

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Date:   Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:43:15 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Haiyang Zhang" <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "Dexuan Cui" <decui@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 021/212] hv_vmbus: Add gradually increased delay for
 retries in vmbus_post_msg()

3.16.44-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>

commit e1c0d82dab4a4605d3bd1968436f030dfed4a829 upstream.

Most of the retries can be done within a millisecond successfully, so we
sleep 1ms before the first retry, then gradually increase the retry
interval to 2^n with max value of 2048ms. Doing so, we will have shorter
overall delay time, because most of the cases succeed within 1-2 attempts.

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/hv/connection.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/hv/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/connection.c
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ int vmbus_post_msg(void *buffer, size_t
 	union hv_connection_id conn_id;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int retries = 0;
+	u32 msec = 1;
 
 	conn_id.asu32 = 0;
 	conn_id.u.id = VMBUS_MESSAGE_CONNECTION_ID;
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ int vmbus_post_msg(void *buffer, size_t
 	 * insufficient resources. Retry the operation a couple of
 	 * times before giving up.
 	 */
-	while (retries < 10) {
+	while (retries < 20) {
 		ret = hv_post_message(conn_id, 1, buffer, buflen);
 
 		switch (ret) {
@@ -450,7 +451,9 @@ int vmbus_post_msg(void *buffer, size_t
 		}
 
 		retries++;
-		msleep(1000);
+		msleep(msec);
+		if (msec < 2048)
+			msec *= 2;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }