Don't use semaphores for IPC in the poweroff code, use completions instead. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard Index: linux-2.6.12-rc4/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.12-rc4.orig/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c +++ linux-2.6.12-rc4/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c @@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ -#include -#include +#include #include #include #include #include +#include +#include #include #include @@ -89,10 +90,10 @@ static void receive_handler(struct ipmi_recv_msg *recv_msg, void *handler_data) { - struct semaphore *sem = recv_msg->user_msg_data; + struct completion *comp = recv_msg->user_msg_data; - if (sem) - up(sem); + if (comp) + complete(comp); } static struct ipmi_user_hndl ipmi_poweroff_handler = @@ -105,27 +106,27 @@ struct ipmi_addr *addr, struct kernel_ipmi_msg *send_msg) { - int rv; - struct semaphore sem; + int rv; + struct completion comp; - sema_init (&sem, 0); + init_completion(&comp); - rv = ipmi_request_supply_msgs(user, addr, 0, send_msg, &sem, + rv = ipmi_request_supply_msgs(user, addr, 0, send_msg, &comp, &halt_smi_msg, &halt_recv_msg, 0); if (rv) return rv; - down (&sem); + wait_for_completion(&comp); return halt_recv_msg.msg.data[0]; } -/* We are in run-to-completion mode, no semaphore is desired. */ +/* We are in run-to-completion mode, no completion is desired. */ static int ipmi_request_in_rc_mode(ipmi_user_t user, struct ipmi_addr *addr, struct kernel_ipmi_msg *send_msg) { - int rv; + int rv; rv = ipmi_request_supply_msgs(user, addr, 0, send_msg, NULL, &halt_smi_msg, &halt_recv_msg, 0);