linux-kernel - Re: Issue with panic handling and ipmi

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Date:   Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:14:19 +0200
From:   Anton Lundin <glance@....umu.se>
To:     Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
Cc:     openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Issue with panic handling and ipmi

On 16 September, 2021 - Corey Minyard wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 04:53:00PM +0200, Anton Lundin wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I've just done a upgrade of the kernel we're using in a product from
> > 4.19 to 5.10 and I noted a issue.
> > 
> > It started that with that we didn't get panic and oops dumps in our erst
> > backed pstore, and when debugging that I noted that the reboot on panic
> > timer didn't work either.
> > 
> > I've bisected it down to 2033f6858970 ("ipmi: Free receive messages when
> > in an oops").
> 
> Hmm.  Unfortunately removing that will break other things.  Can you try
> the following patch?  It's a good idea, in general, to do as little as
> possible in the panic path, this should cover a multitude of issues.
> 
> Thanks for the report.
> 

I'm sorry to report that the patch didn't solve the issue, and the
machine locked up in the panic path as before.


//Anton