Use printk_ratelimit() to limit the amount of messages printed from xfs_buf_ioerror_alert. Without that a failing device causes a large number of errors that doesn't really help debugging the underling issue. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c index 217e4f82a44a..e010680a665e 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c @@ -1238,6 +1238,8 @@ xfs_buf_ioerror_alert( struct xfs_buf *bp, xfs_failaddr_t func) { + if (!printk_ratelimit()) + return; xfs_alert(bp->b_mount, "metadata I/O error in \"%pS\" at daddr 0x%llx len %d error %d", func, (uint64_t)XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp), bp->b_length, -- 2.24.1