Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 07 May 2015 21:01:46 +0900 | From | Hidehiro Kawai <> | Subject | Re: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix a problem that messages are not issued in run_to_completion mode |
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(2015/05/06 21:27), Corey Minyard wrote: > On 04/28/2015 07:41 AM, Hidehiro Kawai wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I noticed that there are possible infinite loops in the >> panic notifier call of IPMI driver (we assume BMC is >> unreliable). To evict possible infinite loops, I'm considering >> introducing some retry timeout or retry count limit to the >> run_to_completion procedure. >> >> Do you have any opinions? > That's probably a good idea. My thought was to keep trying in hopes of > getting something out, but you are probably right, a timeout after a few > minutes is probably appropriate.
OK, I'll do that as the next task. Thank you!
-- Hidehiro Kawai Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group
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