FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 75c486cb1bcaa1a3ec3a6438498176a3a4998ae4
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026050146-duckbill-exile-3382@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 75c486cb1bcaa1a3ec3a6438498176a3a4998ae4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors

If an error occurs after the ssif kthread is created, but before the
main IPMI code starts the ssif interface, the ssif kthread will not
be stopped.

So make sure the kthread is stopped on an error condition if it is
running.

Fixes: 259307074bfc ("ipmi: Add SMBus interface driver (SSIF)")
Reported-by: Li Xiao <<252270051@hdu.edu.cn>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Li Xiao <252270051@hdu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index ce918fe987c6..b49500a1bd36 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -1268,8 +1268,10 @@ static void shutdown_ssif(void *send_info)
 	ssif_info->stopping = true;
 	timer_delete_sync(&ssif_info->watch_timer);
 	timer_delete_sync(&ssif_info->retry_timer);
-	if (ssif_info->thread)
+	if (ssif_info->thread) {
 		kthread_stop(ssif_info->thread);
+		ssif_info->thread = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static void ssif_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
@@ -1912,6 +1914,15 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 
  out:
 	if (rv) {
+		/*
+		 * If ipmi_register_smi() starts the interface, it will
+		 * call shutdown and that will free the thread and set
+		 * it to NULL.  Otherwise it must be freed here.
+		 */
+		if (ssif_info->thread) {
+			kthread_stop(ssif_info->thread);
+			ssif_info->thread = NULL;
+		}
 		if (addr_info)
 			addr_info->client = NULL;