Re: [PATCH 1/2] fibmap: Warn and return an error in case of block > INT_MAX

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On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 04:40:58PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 04:24:24AM +0530, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> > Ok, I see.
> > Let me replace WARN() with below pr_warn() line then. If no objections,
> > then will send this in a v2 with both patches combined as Darrick
> > suggested. - (with Reviewed-by tags of Jan & Christoph).
> > 
> > pr_warn("fibmap: this would truncate fibmap result\n");
> 
> We generally don't like userspace to be able to trigger kernel messages
> on demand, so they can't swamp the logfiles.  printk_ratelimited()?

Or WARN_ON_ONCE...

--D



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