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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 6 |
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)) { |