From: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
To: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Jaroslav Pulchart <jaroslav.pulchart@gooddata.com>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Igor Raits <igor@gooddata.com>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org,
Daniel Secik <daniel.secik@gooddata.com>,
Zdenek Pesek <zdenek.pesek@gooddata.com>,
Jiri Jurica <jiri.jurica@gooddata.com>,
Huisong Li <lihuisong@huawei.com>,
Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ipmi:si: Fix check for a misbehaving BMC
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:52:15 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260213065351.915707-4-corey@minyard.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260213065351.915707-1-corey@minyard.net>
There is a race on checking the state in the sender, it needs to be
checked under a lock. But you also need a check to avoid issues with
a misbehaving BMC for run to completion mode. So leave the check at
the beginning for run to completion, and add a check under the lock
to avoid the race.
Reported-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Fixes: bc3a9d217755 ("ipmi:si: Gracefully handle if the BMC is non-functional")
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 3667033fcc51..6eda61664aaa 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -924,9 +924,14 @@ static int sender(void *send_info, struct ipmi_smi_msg *msg)
{
struct smi_info *smi_info = send_info;
unsigned long flags;
+ int rv = IPMI_CC_NO_ERROR;
debug_timestamp(smi_info, "Enqueue");
+ /*
+ * Check here for run to completion mode. A check under lock is
+ * later.
+ */
if (smi_info->si_state == SI_HOSED)
return IPMI_BUS_ERR;
@@ -940,18 +945,15 @@ static int sender(void *send_info, struct ipmi_smi_msg *msg)
}
spin_lock_irqsave(&smi_info->si_lock, flags);
- /*
- * The following two lines don't need to be under the lock for
- * the lock's sake, but they do need SMP memory barriers to
- * avoid getting things out of order. We are already claiming
- * the lock, anyway, so just do it under the lock to avoid the
- * ordering problem.
- */
- BUG_ON(smi_info->waiting_msg);
- smi_info->waiting_msg = msg;
- check_start_timer_thread(smi_info);
+ if (smi_info->si_state == SI_HOSED) {
+ rv = IPMI_BUS_ERR;
+ } else {
+ BUG_ON(smi_info->waiting_msg);
+ smi_info->waiting_msg = msg;
+ check_start_timer_thread(smi_info);
+ }
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&smi_info->si_lock, flags);
- return IPMI_CC_NO_ERROR;
+ return rv;
}
static void set_run_to_completion(void *send_info, bool i_run_to_completion)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-13 6:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-13 6:52 [PATCH 0/3] More fixes for BMC failure handling Corey Minyard
2026-02-13 6:52 ` [PATCH 1/3] ipmi:si: Don't block module unload if the BMC is messed up Corey Minyard
2026-02-13 12:50 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-02-13 6:52 ` [PATCH 2/3] ipmi:msghandler: Handle error returns from the SMI sender Corey Minyard
2026-02-13 12:55 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-02-13 6:52 ` Corey Minyard [this message]
2026-02-13 12:58 ` [PATCH 3/3] ipmi:si: Fix check for a misbehaving BMC Rafael J. Wysocki
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