[PATCH 1/3] ipmi:si: Don't block module unload if the BMC is messed up

Corey Minyard
2026-02-13T06:55:39Z

If the BMC is in a bad state, don't bother waiting for queues messages
since there can't be any. Otherwise the unload is blocked until the
BMC is back in a good state.

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 | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 0049e3792ba1..3667033fcc51 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2234,7 +2234,8 @@ static void wait_msg_processed(struct smi_info *smi_info)
unsigned long jiffies_now;
long time_diff;

- while (smi_info->curr_msg || (smi_info->si_state != SI_NORMAL)) {
+ while (smi_info->si_state != SI_HOSED &&
+ (smi_info->curr_msg || (smi_info->si_state != SI_NORMAL))) {
jiffies_now = jiffies;
time_diff = (((long)jiffies_now - (long)smi_info->last_timeout_jiffies)
* SI_USEC_PER_JIFFY);
--
2.43.0