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Vitaly Kuznetsov c0bb03924f Drivers: hv: vmbus: Raise retry/wait limits in vmbus_post_msg() 
DoS protection conditions were altered in WS2016 and now it's easy to get
-EAGAIN returned from vmbus_post_msg() (e.g. when we try changing MTU on a
netvsc device in a loop). All vmbus_post_msg() callers don't retry the
operation and we usually end up with a non-functional device or crash.

While host's DoS protection conditions are unknown to me my tests show that
it can take up to 10 seconds before the message is sent so doing udelay()
is not an option, we really need to sleep. Almost all vmbus_post_msg()
callers are ready to sleep but there is one special case:
vmbus_initiate_unload() which can be called from interrupt/NMI context and
we can't sleep there. I'm also not sure about the lonely
vmbus_send_tl_connect_request() which has no in-tree users but its external
users are most likely waiting for the host to reply so sleeping there is
also appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-01-10 21:46:40 +01:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branches 'acpi-scan', 'acpi-sysfs', 'acpi-wdat' and 'acpi-tables' 2017-01-06 14:36:30 +01:00
amba
android
ata Merge branch 'for-4.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/libata 2016-12-13 15:30:50 -08:00
atm Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
auxdisplay
base PM / domains: Fix 'may be used uninitialized' build warning 2016-12-31 21:52:07 +01:00
bcma
block ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-12-16 10:24:44 -08:00
bus cpu/hotplug: Cleanup state names 2016-12-25 10:47:44 +01:00
cdrom Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
char clocksource: Use a plain u64 instead of cycle_t 2016-12-25 11:04:12 +01:00
clk One fix for a broken driver on Renesas RZ/A1 SoCs with bootloaders that don't 2017-01-06 15:35:27 -08:00
clocksource Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-25 14:30:04 -08:00
connector
cpufreq Merge branch 'pm-cpufreq' 2017-01-06 14:34:52 +01:00
cpuidle Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2016-12-27 17:51:36 -08:00
dax libnvdimm for 4.10 2016-12-18 15:49:10 -08:00
dca
devfreq PM / devfreq: exynos-bus: Fix the wrong return value 2017-01-03 00:21:45 +01:00
dio Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
dma ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
dma-buf
edac Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
eisa
extcon sound updates for 4.10-rc1 2016-12-14 11:14:28 -08:00
firewire
firmware PSCI fixes for v4.10 2017-01-04 16:38:39 +01:00
fmc
fpga
gpio - New Device Support 2016-12-19 08:16:26 -08:00
gpu VFIO fixes for v4.10-rc3 2017-01-06 11:19:03 -08:00
hid HID: sensor-hub: Move the memset to sensor_hub_get_feature() 2017-01-02 14:01:30 +01:00
hsi
hv Drivers: hv: vmbus: Raise retry/wait limits in vmbus_post_msg() 2017-01-10 21:46:40 +01:00
hwmon hwmon: (lm90) fix temp1_max_alarm attribute 2017-01-02 10:15:28 -08:00
hwspinlock
hwtracing coresight/etm3/4x: Consolidate hotplug state space 2016-12-25 10:47:44 +01:00
i2c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
ide Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
idle Power management material for v4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 10:41:53 -08:00
iio First round of IIO fixes for the 4.10 cycle. 2017-01-02 16:59:44 +01:00
infiniband net/mlx4_core: Fix raw qp flow steering rules under SRIOV 2016-12-29 14:17:40 -05:00
input ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
iommu IOMMU Fixes for Linux v4.10-rc2 2017-01-06 10:49:36 -08:00
ipack
irqchip Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-25 14:30:04 -08:00
isdn Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
leds cpu/hotplug: Cleanup state names 2016-12-25 10:47:44 +01:00
lguest Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
lightnvm Char/Misc driver patches for 4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 12:11:01 -08:00
macintosh Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
mailbox ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
mcb
md Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
media ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
memory
memstick Merge branch 'for-4.10/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2016-12-13 10:19:16 -08:00
message Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
mfd - New Device Support 2016-12-19 08:16:26 -08:00
misc mei: move write cb to completion on credentials failures 2017-01-04 18:22:44 +01:00
mmc Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
mtd Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
net sh_eth: enable RX descriptor word 0 shift on SH7734 2017-01-04 16:12:14 -05:00
nfc
ntb ntb_transport: Remove unnecessary call to ntb_peer_spad_read 2016-12-23 16:11:07 -05:00
nubus Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
nvdimm libnvdimm for 4.10 2016-12-18 15:49:10 -08:00
nvme Merge branch 'nvme-4.10' of git://git.infradead.org/nvme into for-linus 2016-12-22 11:54:46 -07:00
nvmem nvmem: fix nvmem_cell_read() return type doc 2017-01-04 18:22:47 +01:00
of pci-v4.10-changes 2016-12-15 12:46:48 -08:00
oprofile Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
parisc Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
parport Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
pci ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
pcmcia drivers/pcmcia/m32r_pcc.c: check return from add_pcc_socket 2016-12-12 18:55:06 -08:00
perf cpu/hotplug: Cleanup state names 2016-12-25 10:47:44 +01:00
phy SCSI misc on 20161213 2016-12-14 10:49:33 -08:00
pinctrl pinctrl: samsung: Fix the width of PINCFG_TYPE_DRV bitfields for Exynos5433 2016-12-30 14:27:42 +01:00
platform platform/x86: fujitsu-laptop: use brightness_set_blocking for LED-setting callbacks 2016-12-28 12:38:10 +02:00
pnp Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
power ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
powercap powercap / RAPL: Add Knights Mill CPUID 2016-11-30 23:41:33 +01:00
pps
ps3
ptp Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 19:56:15 -08:00
pwm pwm: Changes for v4.10-rc1 2016-12-15 11:45:13 -08:00
rapidio
ras
regulator - New Device Support 2016-12-19 08:16:26 -08:00
remoteproc remoteproc: qcom_adsp_pil: select qcom_scm 2016-12-09 16:16:56 -08:00
reset ARM: SoC driver updates for v4.10 2016-12-15 16:03:25 -08:00
rpmsg rpmsg updates for v4.10 2016-12-13 08:52:45 -08:00
rtc ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
s390 ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
sbus Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
scsi Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-25 14:30:04 -08:00
sfi
sh lib: radix-tree: check accounting of existing slot replacement users 2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
sn
soc powerpc updates for 4.10 2016-12-16 09:26:42 -08:00
spi dmaengine updates for 4.10-rc1 2016-12-14 20:42:45 -08:00
spmi
ssb
staging staging: octeon: Call SET_NETDEV_DEV() 2017-01-03 17:11:50 +01:00
target Merge branch 'scsi-target-for-v4.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bvanassche/linux 2016-12-21 10:16:05 -08:00
tc
thermal Power management material for v4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 10:41:53 -08:00
thunderbolt Char/Misc driver patches for 4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 12:11:01 -08:00
tty Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
uio uio-hv-generic: store physical addresses instead of virtual 2016-12-10 14:57:58 +01:00
usb USB: fix problems with duplicate endpoint addresses 2017-01-05 19:38:40 +01:00
uwb
vfio vfio-pci: Handle error from pci_iomap 2017-01-04 08:34:39 -07:00
vhost Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-12-16 10:24:44 -08:00
video video: fbdev: cobalt_lcdfb: Handle return NULL error from devm_ioremap 2017-01-04 12:58:45 +01:00
virt
virtio virtio_mmio: Set dev.release() to avoid warning 2016-12-16 00:13:39 +02:00
vlynq
vme
w1
watchdog Watchdog updates for v4.10 2016-12-24 11:27:45 -08:00
xen Merge branch 'stable/for-linus-4.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/swiotlb 2017-01-06 10:53:21 -08:00
zorro Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
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