The patch titled add WARN_ON_SECS macro has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is add-warn_on_secs-macro.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: add WARN_ON_SECS macro From: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> Add WARN_ON_SECS macro for some serious cases which need to repeat the warnings, but with some ratelimiting. Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/bug.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN include/asm-generic/bug.h~add-warn_on_secs-macro include/asm-generic/bug.h --- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h~add-warn_on_secs-macro +++ a/include/asm-generic/bug.h @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ #include <linux/compiler.h> + #ifdef CONFIG_BUG #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG @@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ extern void warn_on_slowpath(const char unlikely(__ret_warn_once); \ }) +#define WARN_ON_SECS(condition, secs) ({ \ + int __ret_warn_on = !!(condition); \ + if (unlikely(__ret_warn_on)) \ + if (__ratelimit(secs * HZ, 1)) \ + WARN_ON(condition); \ +}) + #ifdef CONFIG_SMP # define WARN_ON_SMP(x) WARN_ON(x) #else _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx are add-time_is_after_jiffies-and-others-which-compare-with-jiffies.patch git-net.patch isolate-ratelimit-from-printkc-for-other-use.patch add-warn_on_secs-macro.patch use-warn_on_secs-in-rcupreempth.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html