1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 8b71f5638b60..b75e2c549720 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ struct ipmi_smi
         spinlock_t       events_lock; /* For dealing with event stuff. */
         struct list_head waiting_events;
         unsigned int     waiting_events_count; /* How many events in queue? */
-        int              delivering_events;
+        char             delivering_events;
+        char             event_msg_printed;
 
         /* The event receiver for my BMC, only really used at panic
            shutdown as a place to store this. */
@@ -1083,6 +1084,11 @@ int ipmi_set_gets_events(ipmi_user_t user, int val)
                 list_for_each_entry_safe(msg, msg2, &intf->waiting_events, link)
                         list_move_tail(&msg->link, &msgs);
                 intf->waiting_events_count = 0;
+                if (intf->event_msg_printed) {
+                        printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "Event queue no longer"
+                               " full\n");
+                        intf->event_msg_printed = 0;
+                }
 
                 intf->delivering_events = 1;
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->events_lock, flags);
@@ -3261,11 +3267,12 @@ static int handle_read_event_rsp(ipmi_smi_t          intf,
                 copy_event_into_recv_msg(recv_msg, msg);
                 list_add_tail(&(recv_msg->link), &(intf->waiting_events));
                 intf->waiting_events_count++;
-        } else {
+        } else if (!intf->event_msg_printed) {
                 /* There's too many things in the queue, discard this
                    message. */
-                printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "Event queue full, discarding an"
-                       " incoming event\n");
+                printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "Event queue full, discarding"
+                       " incoming events\n");
+                intf->event_msg_printed = 1;
         }
 
  out: