2 files changed, 41 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 40eb005b9d77..a0b6f797d97d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2305,8 +2305,7 @@ int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
                       void                     *send_info,
                       struct ipmi_device_id    *device_id,
                       struct device            *si_dev,
-                      unsigned char            slave_addr,
-                      ipmi_smi_t               *new_intf)
+                      unsigned char            slave_addr)
 {
         int              i, j;
         int              rv;
@@ -2388,9 +2387,9 @@ int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
         if (rv)
                 goto out;
 
-        /* FIXME - this is an ugly kludge, this sets the intf for the
-           caller before sending any messages with it. */
-        *new_intf = intf;
+        rv = handlers->start_processing(send_info, intf);
+        if (rv)
+                goto out;
 
         get_guid(intf);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 35fbd4d8ed4b..d48d86bd2c2b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -972,10 +972,37 @@ static irqreturn_t si_bt_irq_handler(int irq, void *data, struct pt_regs *regs)
         return si_irq_handler(irq, data, regs);
 }
 
+static int smi_start_processing(void       *send_info,
+                                ipmi_smi_t intf)
+{
+        struct smi_info *new_smi = send_info;
+
+        new_smi->intf = intf;
+
+        /* Set up the timer that drives the interface. */
+        setup_timer(&new_smi->si_timer, smi_timeout, (long)new_smi);
+        new_smi->last_timeout_jiffies = jiffies;
+        mod_timer(&new_smi->si_timer, jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);
+
+        if (new_smi->si_type != SI_BT) {
+                new_smi->thread = kthread_run(ipmi_thread, new_smi,
+                                              "kipmi%d", new_smi->intf_num);
+                if (IS_ERR(new_smi->thread)) {
+                        printk(KERN_NOTICE "ipmi_si_intf: Could not start"
+                               " kernel thread due to error %ld, only using"
+                               " timers to drive the interface\n",
+                               PTR_ERR(new_smi->thread));
+                        new_smi->thread = NULL;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+}
 
 static struct ipmi_smi_handlers handlers =
 {
         .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
+        .start_processing       = smi_start_processing,
         .sender                 = sender,
         .request_events         = request_events,
         .set_run_to_completion  = set_run_to_completion,
@@ -2162,9 +2189,13 @@ static void setup_xaction_handlers(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 
 static inline void wait_for_timer_and_thread(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 {
-        if (smi_info->thread != NULL && smi_info->thread != ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM))
-                kthread_stop(smi_info->thread);
-        del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer);
+        if (smi_info->intf) {
+                /* The timer and thread are only running if the
+                   interface has been started up and registered. */
+                if (smi_info->thread != NULL)
+                        kthread_stop(smi_info->thread);
+                del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer);
+        }
 }
 
 static struct ipmi_default_vals
@@ -2341,21 +2372,6 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
         if (new_smi->irq)
                 new_smi->si_state = SI_CLEARING_FLAGS_THEN_SET_IRQ;
 
-        /* The ipmi_register_smi() code does some operations to
-           determine the channel information, so we must be ready to
-           handle operations before it is called.  This means we have
-           to stop the timer if we get an error after this point. */
-        init_timer(&(new_smi->si_timer));
-        new_smi->si_timer.data = (long) new_smi;
-        new_smi->si_timer.function = smi_timeout;
-        new_smi->last_timeout_jiffies = jiffies;
-        new_smi->si_timer.expires = jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES;
-
-        add_timer(&(new_smi->si_timer));
-        if (new_smi->si_type != SI_BT)
-                new_smi->thread = kthread_run(ipmi_thread, new_smi,
-                                              "kipmi%d", new_smi->intf_num);
-
         if (!new_smi->dev) {
                 /* If we don't already have a device from something
                  * else (like PCI), then register a new one. */
@@ -2365,7 +2381,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
                         printk(KERN_ERR
                                "ipmi_si_intf:"
                                " Unable to allocate platform device\n");
-                        goto out_err_stop_timer;
+                        goto out_err;
                 }
                 new_smi->dev = &new_smi->pdev->dev;
                 new_smi->dev->driver = &ipmi_driver;
@@ -2377,7 +2393,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
                                " Unable to register system interface device:"
                                " %d\n",
                                rv);
-                        goto out_err_stop_timer;
+                        goto out_err;
                 }
                 new_smi->dev_registered = 1;
         }
@@ -2386,8 +2402,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
                                new_smi,
                                &new_smi->device_id,
                                new_smi->dev,
-                               new_smi->slave_addr,
-                               &(new_smi->intf));
+                               new_smi->slave_addr);
         if (rv) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                        "ipmi_si: Unable to register device: error %d\n",