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ipmi: don't grab locks in run-to-completion mode
authorKonstantin Baydarov <kbaidarov@ru.mvista.com>
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:01:03 +0000 (01:01 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:06:14 +0000 (08:06 -0700)
This patch prevents deadlocks in IPMI panic handler caused by msg_lock
in smi_info structure and waiting_msgs_lock in ipmi_smi structure.

[cminyard@mvista.com: remove unnecessary memory barriers]
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Baydarov <kbaidarov@ru.mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c

index 9f0075ca34ba4dc9bfefc0d6e79ddf76d025df47..8b71f5638b60e3220b90e1d33a472a3944e94c03 100644 (file)
@@ -351,8 +351,16 @@ struct ipmi_smi
 
        /* Invalid data in an event. */
        unsigned int invalid_events;
+
        /* Events that were received with the proper format. */
        unsigned int events;
+
+       /*
+        * run_to_completion duplicate of smb_info, smi_info
+        * and ipmi_serial_info structures. Used to decrease numbers of
+        * parameters passed by "low" level IPMI code.
+        */
+       int run_to_completion;
 };
 #define to_si_intf_from_dev(device) container_of(device, struct ipmi_smi, dev)
 
@@ -3451,8 +3459,9 @@ static int handle_new_recv_msg(ipmi_smi_t          intf,
 void ipmi_smi_msg_received(ipmi_smi_t          intf,
                           struct ipmi_smi_msg *msg)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
+       unsigned long flags = 0; /* keep us warning-free. */
        int           rv;
+       int           run_to_completion;
 
 
        if ((msg->data_size >= 2)
@@ -3501,21 +3510,28 @@ void ipmi_smi_msg_received(ipmi_smi_t          intf,
 
        /* To preserve message order, if the list is not empty, we
            tack this message onto the end of the list. */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
+       run_to_completion = intf->run_to_completion;
+       if (!run_to_completion)
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
        if (!list_empty(&intf->waiting_msgs)) {
                list_add_tail(&msg->link, &intf->waiting_msgs);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
+               if (!run_to_completion)
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
                goto out;
        }
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
+       if (!run_to_completion)
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
                
        rv = handle_new_recv_msg(intf, msg);
        if (rv > 0) {
                /* Could not handle the message now, just add it to a
                    list to handle later. */
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
+               run_to_completion = intf->run_to_completion;
+               if (!run_to_completion)
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
                list_add_tail(&msg->link, &intf->waiting_msgs);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
+               if (!run_to_completion)
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_msgs_lock, flags);
        } else if (rv == 0) {
                ipmi_free_smi_msg(msg);
        }
@@ -3884,6 +3900,7 @@ static void send_panic_events(char *str)
                        /* Interface is not ready. */
                        continue;
 
+               intf->run_to_completion = 1;
                /* Send the event announcing the panic. */
                intf->handlers->set_run_to_completion(intf->send_info, 1);
                i_ipmi_request(NULL,
@@ -4059,6 +4076,7 @@ static int panic_event(struct notifier_block *this,
                        /* Interface is not ready. */
                        continue;
 
+               intf->run_to_completion = 1;
                intf->handlers->set_run_to_completion(intf->send_info, 1);
        }
 
index 30f535657342e59f11d2f9e2aa0b3b3789fbdb57..657034febdaf68e2eb36ec69fedec34f7b35c477 100644 (file)
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ static enum si_sm_result start_next_msg(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 
        /* No need to save flags, we aleady have interrupts off and we
           already hold the SMI lock. */
-       spin_lock(&(smi_info->msg_lock));
+       if (!smi_info->run_to_completion)
+               spin_lock(&(smi_info->msg_lock));
 
        /* Pick the high priority queue first. */
        if (!list_empty(&(smi_info->hp_xmit_msgs))) {
@@ -329,7 +330,8 @@ static enum si_sm_result start_next_msg(struct smi_info *smi_info)
                rv = SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY;
        }
        out:
-       spin_unlock(&(smi_info->msg_lock));
+       if (!smi_info->run_to_completion)
+               spin_unlock(&(smi_info->msg_lock));
 
        return rv;
 }