if (!(i++ % 50))
                        CDEBUG(D_NET, "%s: Wait for failover\n",
                               dev->ibd_ifname);
+               set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                schedule_timeout(cfs_time_seconds(1) / 100);
 
                read_lock_irqsave(&kiblnd_data.kib_global_lock, flags);
 {
        struct list_head *node;
        kib_pool_t *pool;
+       unsigned int interval = 1;
+       unsigned long time_before;
+       unsigned int trips = 0;
        int rc;
 
  again:
        if (ps->ps_increasing) {
                /* another thread is allocating a new pool */
                spin_unlock(&ps->ps_lock);
-               CDEBUG(D_NET, "Another thread is allocating new %s pool, waiting for her to complete\n",
-                      ps->ps_name);
-               schedule();
+               trips++;
+               CDEBUG(D_NET, "Another thread is allocating new %s pool, waiting %d HZs for her to complete. trips = %d\n",
+                      ps->ps_name, interval, trips);
+
+               set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+               schedule_timeout(interval);
+               if (interval < cfs_time_seconds(1))
+                       interval *= 2;
+
                goto again;
        }
 
        spin_unlock(&ps->ps_lock);
 
        CDEBUG(D_NET, "%s pool exhausted, allocate new pool\n", ps->ps_name);
-
+       time_before = cfs_time_current();
        rc = ps->ps_pool_create(ps, ps->ps_pool_size, &pool);
+       CDEBUG(D_NET, "ps_pool_create took %lu HZ to complete",
+              cfs_time_current() - time_before);
 
        spin_lock(&ps->ps_lock);
        ps->ps_increasing = 0;