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)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 19 May 2013 17:54:49 +0000 (10:54 -0700)
commit85e3025845566a5295bf91c514efb3fd640c1a56
treeed6e8616e4ce99fd614bc4040fe1a0fc7555f80b
parent65b904e51e44d998ea4a7e9e95e4f2a96754c936
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: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c