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| author | Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> | 2005-05-01 08:59:12 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-05-01 08:59:12 -0700 |
| commit | 882fe011a92fa4fc31ca6cc95b279f7e4e52935c (patch) | |
| tree | da1fc3fab16f937c79a83024c552813f8d61602f /drivers/char | |
| parent | 9dbf68f97d585265eaadd15aea308efd9ae39d34 (diff) | |
[PATCH] ipmi: fix a deadlock
Correct an issue with the IPMI message layer taking a lock and calling
lower layer driver. If an error occrues at the lower layer the lock can be
taken again causing a deadlock. The lock is released before calling the
lower layer.
Signed-off-by: David Griego <dgriego@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c index a6606a1aced..d7fb452af7f 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c @@ -2588,28 +2588,20 @@ handle_msg_timeout(struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg) deliver_response(msg); } -static void -send_from_recv_msg(ipmi_smi_t intf, struct ipmi_recv_msg *recv_msg, - struct ipmi_smi_msg *smi_msg, - unsigned char seq, long seqid) +static struct ipmi_smi_msg * +smi_from_recv_msg(ipmi_smi_t intf, struct ipmi_recv_msg *recv_msg, + unsigned char seq, long seqid) { - if (!smi_msg) - smi_msg = ipmi_alloc_smi_msg(); + struct ipmi_smi_msg *smi_msg = ipmi_alloc_smi_msg(); if (!smi_msg) /* If we can't allocate the message, then just return, we get 4 retries, so this should be ok. */ - return; + return NULL; memcpy(smi_msg->data, recv_msg->msg.data, recv_msg->msg.data_len); smi_msg->data_size = recv_msg->msg.data_len; smi_msg->msgid = STORE_SEQ_IN_MSGID(seq, seqid); - /* Send the new message. We send with a zero priority. It - timed out, I doubt time is that critical now, and high - priority messages are really only for messages to the local - MC, which don't get resent. */ - intf->handlers->sender(intf->send_info, smi_msg, 0); - #ifdef DEBUG_MSGING { int m; @@ -2619,6 +2611,7 @@ send_from_recv_msg(ipmi_smi_t intf, struct ipmi_recv_msg *recv_msg, printk("\n"); } #endif + return smi_msg; } static void @@ -2683,14 +2676,13 @@ ipmi_timeout_handler(long timeout_period) intf->timed_out_ipmb_commands++; spin_unlock(&intf->counter_lock); } else { + struct ipmi_smi_msg *smi_msg; /* More retries, send again. */ /* Start with the max timer, set to normal timer after the message is sent. */ ent->timeout = MAX_MSG_TIMEOUT; ent->retries_left--; - send_from_recv_msg(intf, ent->recv_msg, NULL, - j, ent->seqid); spin_lock(&intf->counter_lock); if (ent->recv_msg->addr.addr_type == IPMI_LAN_ADDR_TYPE) @@ -2698,6 +2690,20 @@ ipmi_timeout_handler(long timeout_period) else intf->retransmitted_ipmb_commands++; spin_unlock(&intf->counter_lock); + smi_msg = smi_from_recv_msg(intf, + ent->recv_msg, j, ent->seqid); + if(!smi_msg) + continue; + + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(intf->seq_lock),flags); + /* Send the new message. We send with a zero + * priority. It timed out, I doubt time is + * that critical now, and high priority + * messages are really only for messages to the + * local MC, which don't get resent. */ + intf->handlers->sender(intf->send_info, + smi_msg, 0); + spin_lock_irqsave(&(intf->seq_lock), flags); } } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(intf->seq_lock), flags); |