From 27f972d3e00b50639deb4cc1392afaeb08d3cecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Stancek Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:57:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ipmi: move timer init to before irq is setup 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: [] start_new_msg+0x47/0x80 [ipmi_si] [] start_check_enables+0x4e/0x60 [ipmi_si] [] smi_event_handler+0x1e8/0x640 [ipmi_si] [] ? __rcu_process_callbacks+0x54/0x350 [] si_irq_handler+0x3c/0x60 [ipmi_si] [] handle_IRQ_event+0x60/0x170 [] handle_edge_irq+0xde/0x180 [] handle_irq+0x49/0xa0 [] do_IRQ+0x6c/0xf0 [] 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 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jan Stancek Signed-off-by: Tony Camuso Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Applies cleanly to 3.10-, needs small rework before --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c index 55fe9020459f..4cc72fa017c7 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c @@ -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. */ -- 2.20.1