It is possible to spam the kernel log with a misbehaving user process that is passing incorrect dm ioctls to /dev/mapper/control. Use a rate limit on these error messages to reduce the noise. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c index f299ff393a6a..d42eac944eb5 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c @@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ static int check_version(unsigned int cmd, struct dm_ioctl __user *user, if ((kernel_params->version[0] != DM_VERSION_MAJOR) || (kernel_params->version[1] > DM_VERSION_MINOR)) { - DMERR("ioctl interface mismatch: kernel(%u.%u.%u), user(%u.%u.%u), cmd(%d)", + DMERR_LIMIT("ioctl interface mismatch: kernel(%u.%u.%u), user(%u.%u.%u), cmd(%d)", DM_VERSION_MAJOR, DM_VERSION_MINOR, DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL, kernel_params->version[0], @@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern if (unlikely(param_kernel->data_size < minimum_data_size) || unlikely(param_kernel->data_size > DM_MAX_TARGETS * DM_MAX_TARGET_PARAMS)) { - DMERR("Invalid data size in the ioctl structure: %u", + DMERR_LIMIT("Invalid data size in the ioctl structure: %u", param_kernel->data_size); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.39.5