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ipmi: handle run_to_completion properly in deliver_recv_msg()
authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Wed, 26 May 2010 21:43:53 +0000 (14:43 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 27 May 2010 16:12:50 +0000 (09:12 -0700)
commita747c5abc329611220f16df0bb4cf0ca4a7fdf0c
treef34b59f7208a7d320138ed0807474ee351534b4etree | snapshot
parent279fbd0c5daa60c76e59df33f436ca2300f2b603commit | diff
ipmi: handle run_to_completion properly in deliver_recv_msg()

If run_to_completion flag is set, it means that we are running in a
single-threaded mode, and thus no locks are held.

This fixes a deadlock when IPMI notifier is being called during panic.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c diff | blob | history
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