[PATCH 0/7] ipmi: various fixes for panic notifier robustness

[Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>]

This patche set fixes multiple bugs in IPMI driver especially for
the panic notifier callback panic_event() and related functions.
This callback is called before kdump if crash_kexec_post_notifiers
boot option is specified, so its robustness is very important.

panic_event() first tries to flush queued messages before panic,
and this can cause multiple trouble such as hang-up.  PATCH 3 to 6 
addresses this kind of problems.

PATCH 7 addresses a problem caused by malfunctioning BMC.

NOTE: I'm planning to post another patch set which includes a patch
to drop all queued messages at the beginning of panic_event() if
crash_kexec_post_notifiers boot option is specified.  This will
improve the robustness of the panic notifier callback.

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Hidehiro Kawai (7):
      ipmi: Remove unneeded set_run_to_completion call
      ipmi: Factor out message flushing procedure
      ipmi: Don't flush messages in sneder() in run-to-completion mode
      ipmi: Avoid touching possible corrupted lists in the panic context
      ipmi: Don't call receive handler in the panic context
      ipmi: Handle queued messages more certainly on panic
      ipmi/kcs: Don't run the KCS state machine when it is KCS_IDLE


 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c     |    4 ++
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c |   66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c    |   45 ++++++++++++------------
 include/linux/ipmi_smi.h            |   10 +++++
 4 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)


-- 
Hidehiro Kawai
Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group