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ipmi: move timer init to before irq is setup
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We encountered a panic on boot in ipmi_si on a dell per320 due to an
uninitialized timer as follows.

static int smi_start_processing(void       *send_info,
                                ipmi_smi_t intf)
{
        /* Try to claim any interrupts. */
        if (new_smi->irq_setup)
                new_smi->irq_setup(new_smi);

 --> IRQ arrives here and irq handler tries to modify uninitialized timer

    which triggers BUG_ON(!timer->function) in __mod_timer().

 Call Trace:
   <IRQ>
   [<ffffffffa0532617>] start_new_msg+0x47/0x80 [ipmi_si]
   [<ffffffffa053269e>] start_check_enables+0x4e/0x60 [ipmi_si]
   [<ffffffffa0532bd8>] smi_event_handler+0x1e8/0x640 [ipmi_si]
   [<ffffffff810f5584>] ? __rcu_process_callbacks+0x54/0x350
   [<ffffffffa053327c>] si_irq_handler+0x3c/0x60 [ipmi_si]
   [<ffffffff810efaf0>] handle_IRQ_event+0x60/0x170
   [<ffffffff810f245e>] handle_edge_irq+0xde/0x180
   [<ffffffff8100fc59>] handle_irq+0x49/0xa0
   [<ffffffff8154643c>] do_IRQ+0x6c/0xf0
   [<ffffffff8100ba53>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0x11

        /* Set up the timer that drives the interface. */
        setup_timer(&new_smi->si_timer, smi_timeout, (long)new_smi);

The following patch fixes the problem.

To: Openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
To: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Camuso <tcamuso@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Applies cleanly to 3.10-, needs small rework before
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Jan Stancek authored and Corey Minyard committed Dec 9, 2015
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
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Expand Up @@ -1230,14 +1230,14 @@ static int smi_start_processing(void *send_info,

new_smi->intf = intf;

/* Try to claim any interrupts. */
if (new_smi->irq_setup)
new_smi->irq_setup(new_smi);

/* Set up the timer that drives the interface. */
setup_timer(&new_smi->si_timer, smi_timeout, (long)new_smi);
smi_mod_timer(new_smi, jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);

/* Try to claim any interrupts. */
if (new_smi->irq_setup)
new_smi->irq_setup(new_smi);

/*
* Check if the user forcefully enabled the daemon.
*/
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