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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 94fb407d8561..44b1bd6baa38 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3820,6 +3820,7 @@ static void handle_new_recv_msgs(ipmi_smi_t intf)
while (!list_empty(&intf->waiting_rcv_msgs)) {
smi_msg = list_entry(intf->waiting_rcv_msgs.next,
struct ipmi_smi_msg, link);
+ list_del(&smi_msg->link);
if (!run_to_completion)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_rcv_msgs_lock,
flags);
@@ -3829,11 +3830,14 @@ static void handle_new_recv_msgs(ipmi_smi_t intf)
if (rv > 0) {
/*
* To preserve message order, quit if we
- * can't handle a message.
+ * can't handle a message. Add the message
+ * back at the head, this is safe because this
+ * tasklet is the only thing that pulls the
+ * messages.
*/
+ list_add(&smi_msg->link, &intf->waiting_rcv_msgs);
break;
} else {
- list_del(&smi_msg->link);
if (rv == 0)
/* Message handled */
ipmi_free_smi_msg(smi_msg);