ipmi: Fix IPMI errors due to timing problems

This patch fixes an issue in OpenIPMI module where sometimes an ABORT command
is sent after sending an IPMI request to BMC causing the IPMI request to fail.
Signed-off-by: NYiCheng Doe <yicheng.doe@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: NCorey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Acked-by: NTom Mingarelli <thomas.mingarelli@hp.com>
Tested-by: NAndy Cress <andy.cress@us.kontron.com>
Tested-by: NMika Lansirine <Mika.Lansirinne@stonesoft.com>
Tested-by: NBrian De Wolf <bldewolf@csupomona.edu>
Cc: Jean Michel Audet <Jean-Michel.Audet@ca.Kontron.com>
Cc: Jozef Sudelsky <jozef.sudolsky@elbiahosting.sk>
Acked-by: NMatthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c

@@ -900,6 +900,14 @@ static void sender(void                *send_info,
 	printk("**Enqueue: %d.%9.9d\n", t.tv_sec, t.tv_usec);
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * last_timeout_jiffies is updated here to avoid
+	 * smi_timeout() handler passing very large time_diff
+	 * value to smi_event_handler() that causes
+	 * the send command to abort.
+	 */
+	smi_info->last_timeout_jiffies = jiffies;
+
 	mod_timer(&smi_info->si_timer, jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);
 
 	if (smi_info->thread)