[PATCH v2 0/3] ipmi: fix ipmi memleak and unload bug

From: Zhang Yuchen
Date: Sun Oct 09 2022 - 05:18:26 EST


Our users have reported a memory leak. The IPMI driver consumes a lot of
memory.

We found this problem because IPMI was slow to release messages after
being disconnected, causing what appeared to be a memory leak.

Fix commit as:
ipmi: fix msg stack when IPMI is disconnected

Two other issues were addressed in the process of solving this problem.

1. Unloading the driver takes a long time.

Fix commit as:
ipmi: fix long wait in unload when IPMI disconnect

2. Memory leaks during driver unloading.

Fix commit as:
ipmi: fix memleak when unload ipmi driver


v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221007092617.87597-1-zhangyuchen.lcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Changelog in v1 -> v2 (suggested by corey):
- Change HOSED to the invalid state and not allowed to send.[TESTED]
- Remove incorrect comment.

Zhang Yuchen (3):
ipmi: fix msg stack when IPMI is disconnected
ipmi: fix long wait in unload when IPMI disconnect
ipmi: fix memleak when unload ipmi driver

drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 5 ++++-
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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