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authorAlistair Popple2015-04-10 09:32:20 +0200
committerCorey Minyard2015-04-11 03:51:42 +0200
commitad1ed2a9dd4c435d6a3ce470211db9a8d107c3e0 (patch)
tree1e19a70f5e7d15fab56ff7f1dfefa74817624ead
parentipmi: Handle BMCs that don't allow clearing the rcv irq bit (diff)
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ipmi/powernv: Fix minor locking bug
If ipmi_powernv_recv(...) is called without a current message it prints a warning and returns. However it fails to release the message lock causing the system to dead lock during any subsequent IPMI operations. This error path should never normally be taken unless there are bugs elsewhere in the system. Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <alistair@popple.id.au> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c
index 79524ed2a3cb..8753b0f6a317 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static int ipmi_powernv_recv(struct ipmi_smi_powernv *smi)
spin_lock_irqsave(&smi->msg_lock, flags);
if (!smi->cur_msg) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&smi->msg_lock, flags);
pr_warn("no current message?\n");
return 0;
}