In some case, ipmi is frequently accessed, and the communication of bmc device is blocked, ipmi will consume a large amount of memory.
This patch provides some limits for the number of user and messages in ipmi. In addition, this patch also provides a method to view the current number of users and messages in ipmi, Used to diagnose and troubleshoot issues. and introduce a simple interface to clear the message queue. Changelog v2: - Add a limit on the number of users - Add a less rigid limit on the number of oustanding messages - The interface for viewing the number of users and messages is retained - The interface for cleanup messages is retained Chen Guanqiao (4): ipmi: msghandler: Add a limit for the number of users ipmi: msghandler: Add a limit for the number of messages ipmi: msghandler: Get the number of users and messages through sysfs ipmi: msghandler: Add a interface to clean message queue in sysfs drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 207 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 207 insertions(+) -- 2.25.1 _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list Openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
