1 files changed, 19 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 2d11ddd99e5..1a0a19c5360 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -212,24 +212,16 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	action_fn  fn = (action_fn) kp->arg;
 	int        rv = 0;
-	const char *end;
-	char       valcp[16];
-	int        len;
-
-	/* Truncate leading and trailing spaces. */
-	while (isspace(*val))
-		val++;
-	end = val + strlen(val) - 1;
-	while ((end >= val) && isspace(*end))
-		end--;
-	len = end - val + 1;
-	if (len > sizeof(valcp) - 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	memcpy(valcp, val, len);
-	valcp[len] = '\0';
+	char       *dup, *s;
+
+	dup = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dup)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	s = strstrip(dup);
 
 	down_read(&register_sem);
-	rv = fn(valcp, NULL);
+	rv = fn(s, NULL);
 	if (rv)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
@@ -239,6 +231,7 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 
  out_unlock:
 	up_read(&register_sem);
+	kfree(dup);
 	return rv;
 }
 
@@ -956,9 +949,10 @@ static int wdog_reboot_handler(struct notifier_block *this,
 			/* Disable the WDT if we are shutting down. */
 			ipmi_watchdog_state = WDOG_TIMEOUT_NONE;
 			panic_halt_ipmi_set_timeout();
-		} else {
+		} else if (ipmi_watchdog_state != WDOG_TIMEOUT_NONE) {
 			/* Set a long timer to let the reboot happens, but
-			   reboot if it hangs. */
+			   reboot if it hangs, but only if the watchdog
+			   timer was already running. */
 			timeout = 120;
 			pretimeout = 0;
 			ipmi_watchdog_state = WDOG_TIMEOUT_RESET;
@@ -980,16 +974,17 @@ static int wdog_panic_handler(struct notifier_block *this,
 {
 	static int panic_event_handled = 0;
 
-	/* On a panic, if we have a panic timeout, make sure that the thing
-	   reboots, even if it hangs during that panic. */
-	if (watchdog_user && !panic_event_handled) {
-		/* Make sure the panic doesn't hang, and make sure we
-		   do this only once. */
+	/* On a panic, if we have a panic timeout, make sure to extend
+	   the watchdog timer to a reasonable value to complete the
+	   panic, if the watchdog timer is running.  Plus the
+	   pretimeout is meaningless at panic time. */
+	if (watchdog_user && !panic_event_handled &&
+	    ipmi_watchdog_state != WDOG_TIMEOUT_NONE) {
+		/* Make sure we do this only once. */
 		panic_event_handled = 1;
 	    
 		timeout = 255;
 		pretimeout = 0;
-		ipmi_watchdog_state = WDOG_TIMEOUT_RESET;
 		panic_halt_ipmi_set_timeout();
 	}