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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index abca98beac14..908521e36d81 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -916,7 +916,11 @@ static int smi_start_processing(void *send_info,
new_smi->last_timeout_jiffies = jiffies;
mod_timer(&new_smi->si_timer, jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);
- if (new_smi->si_type != SI_BT) {
+ /*
+ * The BT interface is efficient enough to not need a thread,
+ * and there is no need for a thread if we have interrupts.
+ */
+ if ((new_smi->si_type != SI_BT) && (!new_smi->irq)) {
new_smi->thread = kthread_run(ipmi_thread, new_smi,
"kipmi%d", new_smi->intf_num);
if (IS_ERR(new_smi->thread)) {