[PATCH v2] ipmi:si: Add async init to ipmi_si
From: Michal Clapinski
Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 11:11:28 EST
Added a new config option to allow offloading individual calls to
try_smi_init(). Saves 100ms on my system.
Signed-off-by: Michal Clapinski <mclapinski@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- instead of offloading the whole init function, offload just the
individual calls to try_smi_init()
I didn't implement the periodic retry feature that was talked about
under v1 due to my lack of expertise. LMK if this is a deal-breaker.
---
drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
index 669f76000197..c8fa445c1c17 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ config IPMI_SI
Currently, only KCS and SMIC are supported. If
you are using IPMI, you should probably say "y" here.
+config IPMI_SI_ASYNC_INIT
+ bool 'Asynchronous initialization of IPMI System Interface'
+ depends on IPMI_SI
+ default n
+ help
+ Offloads invidual SMI inits. It speeds up the boot time.
+ It also introduces a very small risk that something else might fail
+ if it depends on synchronous IPMI init.
+
config IPMI_SSIF
tristate 'IPMI SMBus handler (SSIF)'
depends on I2C
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 9a9d12be9bf7..504d5b8636ba 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/ipmi.h>
#include <linux/ipmi_smi.h>
+#include <linux/async.h>
#include "ipmi_si.h"
#include "ipmi_si_sm.h"
#include <linux/string.h>
@@ -2174,6 +2175,17 @@ static bool __init ipmi_smi_info_same(struct smi_info *e1, struct smi_info *e2)
e1->io.addr_data == e2->io.addr_data);
}
+static ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(ipmi_si_async_domain);
+
+static void __init async_try_smi_init(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
+{
+ struct smi_info *smi = data;
+
+ mutex_lock(&smi_infos_lock);
+ try_smi_init(smi);
+ mutex_unlock(&smi_infos_lock);
+}
+
static int __init init_ipmi_si(void)
{
struct smi_info *e, *e2;
@@ -2219,8 +2231,13 @@ static int __init init_ipmi_si(void)
break;
}
}
- if (!dup)
- try_smi_init(e);
+ if (!dup) {
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPMI_SI_ASYNC_INIT))
+ async_schedule_domain(async_try_smi_init, e,
+ &ipmi_si_async_domain);
+ else
+ try_smi_init(e);
+ }
}
/*
@@ -2253,8 +2270,13 @@ static int __init init_ipmi_si(void)
break;
}
}
- if (!dup)
- try_smi_init(e);
+ if (!dup) {
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPMI_SI_ASYNC_INIT))
+ async_schedule_domain(async_try_smi_init, e,
+ &ipmi_si_async_domain);
+ else
+ try_smi_init(e);
+ }
}
initialized = true;
@@ -2401,6 +2423,8 @@ static void cleanup_ipmi_si(void)
if (!initialized)
return;
+ async_synchronize_full_domain(&ipmi_si_async_domain);
+
ipmi_si_pci_shutdown();
ipmi_si_ls2k_shutdown();
--
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog