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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/ipmi.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ipmi.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi.h b/include/linux/ipmi.h index 2f74dd90c271..7da6602eab71 100644 --- a/include/linux/ipmi.h +++ b/include/linux/ipmi.h @@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ struct ipmi_user_hndl { /* * Called when the interface detects a watchdog pre-timeout. If - * this is NULL, it will be ignored for the user. + * this is NULL, it will be ignored for the user. Note that you + * can't do any IPMI calls from here, it's called with locks held. */ void (*ipmi_watchdog_pretimeout)(void *handler_data); @@ -343,4 +344,14 @@ extern int ipmi_get_smi_info(int if_num, struct ipmi_smi_info *data); /* Helper function for computing the IPMB checksum of some data. */ unsigned char ipmb_checksum(unsigned char *data, int size); +/* + * For things that must send messages at panic time, like the IPMI watchdog + * driver that extends the reset time on a panic, use this to send messages + * from panic context. Note that this puts the driver into a mode that + * only works at panic time, so only use it then. + */ +void ipmi_panic_request_and_wait(struct ipmi_user *user, + struct ipmi_addr *addr, + struct kernel_ipmi_msg *msg); + #endif /* __LINUX_IPMI_H */ |