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eSEL: Make sure PANIC logs are sent to BMC before calling assert
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eSEL logs are split into multiple smaller chunks and sent to BMC.
We use ipmi_queue_msg_sync() interface for sending OPAL_ERROR_PANIC
severity events to BMC. But callback handler (ipmi_cmd_done()) clears
'sync_msg' after getting response to first chunk as its not aware that
we have more data to send.

So in assert()/checkstop path we may endup checkstoping system before
error log is sent to BMC completely. We will miss useful error log.

This patch introduces new wait loop in ipmi_elog_commit(). It will wait
until error log is sent to BMC. I think this is safe because even if
something goes wrong (like BMC reset) we will hit timeout and eventually
we will come out of this loop.

Alternatively we can add additional check in ipmi_cmd_done() path. But
I don't wanted to make this path aware of message type.

Reviewed-by: Klaus Heinrich Kiwi <klaus@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
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Vasant Hegde authored and oohal committed Mar 11, 2020
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17 changes: 15 additions & 2 deletions hw/ipmi/ipmi-sel.c
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#include <opal-msg.h>
#include <debug_descriptor.h>
#include <occ.h>
#include <timebase.h>

/* OEM SEL fields */
#define SEL_OEM_ID_0 0x55
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msg->error = ipmi_elog_error;
msg->req_size = 0;
if (elog_buf->event_severity == OPAL_ERROR_PANIC)
if (elog_buf->event_severity == OPAL_ERROR_PANIC) {
ipmi_queue_msg_sync(msg);
else

/*
* eSEL logs are split into multiple smaller chunks and sent
* to BMC. Lets wait until we finish sending all the chunks
* to BMC.
*/
while (ipmi_sel_panic_msg.busy != false) {
if (msg->backend->poll)
msg->backend->poll();
time_wait_ms(10);
}
} else {
ipmi_queue_msg(msg);
}

return 0;
}
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