Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipmi: Add timeout waiting for device GUID

2020-09-07 Thread Corey Minyard
On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 06:25:36PM +0200, Markus Boehme wrote: > We have observed hosts with misbehaving BMCs that receive a Get Device > GUID command but don't respond. This leads to an indefinite wait in the > ipmi_msghandler's __get_guid function, showing up as hung task messages > for modprobe.

[PATCH 2/3] ipmi: Add timeout waiting for device GUID

2020-09-07 Thread Markus Boehme
We have observed hosts with misbehaving BMCs that receive a Get Device GUID command but don't respond. This leads to an indefinite wait in the ipmi_msghandler's __get_guid function, showing up as hung task messages for modprobe. According to IPMI 2.0 specification chapter 20, the implementation of