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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index cdac5f7037e5..e3536da05c88 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -744,7 +744,13 @@ static void deliver_response(struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg)
ipmi_inc_stat(intf, unhandled_local_responses);
}
ipmi_free_recv_msg(msg);
- } else {
+ } else if (!oops_in_progress) {
+ /*
+ * If we are running in the panic context, calling the
+ * receive handler doesn't much meaning and has a deadlock
+ * risk. At this moment, simply skip it in that case.
+ */
+
ipmi_user_t user = msg->user;
user->handler->ipmi_recv_hndl(msg, user->handler_data);
}