ipmi: Don't call receive handler in the panic context

Received handlers defined as ipmi_recv_hndl member of struct
ipmi_user_hndl can take a spinlock.  This means that if the kernel
panics while holding the lock, a deadlock may happen on the lock
while flushing queued messages in the panic context.

Calling the receive handler doesn't make much meanings in the panic
context, simply skip it to avoid possible deadlocks.

Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index cdac5f7037e5..e3536da05c88 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -744,7 +744,13 @@ static void deliver_response(struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg)
 			ipmi_inc_stat(intf, unhandled_local_responses);
 		}
 		ipmi_free_recv_msg(msg);
-	} else {
+	} else if (!oops_in_progress) {
+		/*
+		 * If we are running in the panic context, calling the
+		 * receive handler doesn't much meaning and has a deadlock
+		 * risk.  At this moment, simply skip it in that case.
+		 */
+
 		ipmi_user_t user = msg->user;
 		user->handler->ipmi_recv_hndl(msg, user->handler_data);
 	}