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 <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Corey Minyard <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index f052c481327a55062a29aedb353fcbf87a117842..35603dd4e6c5276911dec0b3a11464a152beb8a5 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -323,9 +323,14 @@ static void deliver_recv_msg(struct smi_info *smi_info,
 {
        /* Deliver the message to the upper layer with the lock
           released. */
-       spin_unlock(&(smi_info->si_lock));
-       ipmi_smi_msg_received(smi_info->intf, msg);
-       spin_lock(&(smi_info->si_lock));
+
+       if (smi_info->run_to_completion) {
+               ipmi_smi_msg_received(smi_info->intf, msg);
+       } else {
+               spin_unlock(&(smi_info->si_lock));
+               ipmi_smi_msg_received(smi_info->intf, msg);
+               spin_lock(&(smi_info->si_lock));
+       }
 }
 
 static void return_hosed_msg(struct smi_info *smi_info, int cCode)