Re: Regression in IPMI on 4.15.6

[Laura Abbott]

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

Sorry, this got missed. I'll ask the reporter to reproduce today.

> > BTW, the IPMI setup in your system is incorrect. SMBIOS says it's at a
> > memory address, but it's at an I/O address. And the address given
> > doesn't appear to be a valid address, the value read doesn't appear
> > to be a valid value.
> >
> > -corey
> >
> > > for that fix.
> > >
> > > -corey
> > >
> > > > Yeah, this is fixed by 174134ac7602 "ipmi_si: Fix error
> > > > handling of platform device" in mainstream.
> > > >
> > > > I guess I need to request a backport of this.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for reporting.
> > > >
> > > > -corey
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Laura