The printk_ratelimit value accepts seconds, not jiffies (though it is converted into jiffies internally). Update documentation to reflect this. Also, remove the statement about allowing 1 message in 5 seconds since bursts up to 10 messages are allowed by default. Finally, while we are here, mention default value for printk_ratelimit_burst too. Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 032c7cd3cede..6e0da29e55f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -831,8 +831,8 @@ printk_ratelimit: ================= Some warning messages are rate limited. printk_ratelimit specifies -the minimum length of time between these messages (in jiffies), by -default we allow one every 5 seconds. +the minimum length of time between these messages (in seconds). +The default value is 5 seconds. A value of 0 will disable rate limiting. @@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ seconds, we do allow a burst of messages to pass through. printk_ratelimit_burst specifies the number of messages we can send before ratelimiting kicks in. +The default value is 10 messages. + printk_devkmsg: =============== -- 2.23.0
