The patch titled
ipmi: hold ATTN until upper layer ready
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ipmi-hold-attn-until-upper-layer-ready.patch
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Subject: ipmi: hold ATTN until upper layer ready
From: Corey Minyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hold handling of ATTN until the upper layer has reported that it is
ready.
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Patrick Schoeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c~ipmi-hold-attn-until-upper-layer-ready
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c~ipmi-hold-attn-until-upper-layer-ready
+++ a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -723,8 +723,11 @@ static enum si_sm_result smi_event_handl
si_sm_result = smi_info->handlers->event(smi_info->si_sm, 0);
}
- /* We prefer handling attn over new messages. */
- if (si_sm_result == SI_SM_ATTN)
+ /*
+ * We prefer handling attn over new messages. But don't do
+ * this if there is not yet an upper layer to handle anything.
+ */
+ if (likely(smi_info->intf) && si_sm_result == SI_SM_ATTN)
{
unsigned char msg[2];
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
git-watchdog.patch
ipmi-hold-attn-until-upper-layer-ready.patch
ipmi-change-device-node-ordering-to-reflect-probe-order.patch
ipmi-run-to-completion-fixes.patch
ipmi-dont-grab-locks-in-run-to-completion-mode.patch
ipmi-dont-print-event-queue-full-on-every-event.patch
ipmi-update-driver-version.patch
ipmi-convert-locked-counters-to-atomics.patch
ipmi-convert-locked-counters-to-atomics-in-the-system-interface.patch
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