linux-kernel - Re: Regression in IPMI on 4.15.6

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Date:   Tue, 6 Mar 2018 09:17:56 -0800
From:   Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
To:     minyard@....org
Cc:     openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Regression in IPMI on 4.15.6

On 03/05/2018 11:39 AM, Corey Minyard wrote:
> On 03/05/2018 01:31 PM, Corey Minyard wrote:
>> On 03/05/2018 01:07 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
>>> On 03/02/2018 05:46 AM, Corey Minyard wrote:
>>>> On 02/28/2018 01:07 PM, Corey Minyard wrote:
>>>>> On 02/28/2018 08:17 AM, Corey Minyard wrote:
>>>>>> On 02/28/2018 07:53 AM, Corey Minyard wrote:
>>>>>>> On 02/27/2018 05:55 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fedora got a bug report of a crash in IPMI on 4.15.6
>>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549316
>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, it's only a screenshot but it's fairly
>>>>>>>> clear. It looks like a panic in the error handling path
>>>>>>>> in platform_device_unregister. Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You may also run into another issue.  You can pull the
>>>>>> individual patch at
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/cminyard/linux-ipmi.git c8a1972e77dbe321ce5ce0247056e727234cbaec
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, it needed a few more tweaks.  Can you do change
>>>>> 426fa6179dae677134dfb37b21d057819418515b
>>>>> instead?  It's "ipmi: Fix some error cleanup issues"
>>>>>
>>>>> I can send you patches, if you like.  If you could test and get back
>>>>> to me, that would be great.
>>>>
>>>> Laura, have you had a chance to test this?  I'd like to get it in soon,
>>>> if possible.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -corey
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think "ipmi: Re-use existing macros for built-in properties" is broken:
>>>
>>
>> That particular requires some new stuff.  I was just wanting you to pull that individual patch,
>> not the whole branch.  I can just send the two patches, if you like.
> 
> Or, I just pulled in 4.15.6 and cherry picked those two patches to:
> 
> https://github.com/cminyard/linux-ipmi.git fix-pdev-unreg
> 
> Hopefully that makes things easier.
> 
> -corey
> 

Yes, the reporter said it worked fine.

Thanks,
Laura