ipmi: ipmi_devintf: compat_ioctl method fails to take ipmi_mutex
authorBenjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Thu, 16 May 2013 19:04:27 +0000 (14:04 -0500)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 30 May 2013 13:35:01 +0000 (14:35 +0100)
commita40e87cb5098aec01b309ac99cca73f54efb3958
tree66c3fd433264b7d32718e63bcbc4f3f3eccce86b
parenta03d85b70271c0664caf15ea10d3e232848082d0
ipmi: ipmi_devintf: compat_ioctl method fails to take ipmi_mutex

commit 6368087e851e697679af059b4247aca33a69cef3 upstream.

When a 32 bit version of ipmitool is used on a 64 bit kernel, the
ipmi_devintf code fails to correctly acquire ipmi_mutex.  This results in
incomplete data being retrieved in some cases, or other possible failures.
Add a wrapper around compat_ipmi_ioctl() to take ipmi_mutex to fix this.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c