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, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c index 217e4f82a44a..0ceaa172545b 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ xfs_buf_ioerror_alert( struct xfs_buf *bp, xfs_failaddr_t func) { - xfs_alert(bp->b_mount, + xfs_alert_ratelimited(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, -bp->b_error); -- 2.24.1