The patch titled Char: mxser, ratelimit ioctl warning has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-mxser-ratelimit-ioctl-warning.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: Char: mxser, ratelimit ioctl warning From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> The GET_MAJOR ioctl prints out a warning, make it ratelimited. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/mxser.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/mxser.c~char-mxser-ratelimit-ioctl-warning drivers/char/mxser.c --- a/drivers/char/mxser.c~char-mxser-ratelimit-ioctl-warning +++ a/drivers/char/mxser.c @@ -1612,8 +1612,10 @@ static int mxser_ioctl_special(unsigned switch (cmd) { case MOXA_GET_MAJOR: - printk(KERN_WARNING "mxser: '%s' uses deprecated ioctl %x, fix " - "your userspace\n", current->comm, cmd); + if (printk_ratelimit()) + printk(KERN_WARNING "mxser: '%s' uses deprecated ioctl " + "%x (GET_MAJOR), fix your userspace\n", + current->comm, cmd); return put_user(ttymajor, (int __user *)argp); case MOXA_CHKPORTENABLE: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch ath5k-fix-memory-corruption.patch ath5k-kill-tasklets-on-shutdown.patch ath5k-flush-work.patch ath5k-fix-dma-operation.patch ath5k-suspend-resume-fixes.patch ath5k-fix-beacon-update-deadlock.patch ath5k-mask-out-unneeded-interrupts.patch ath5k-unify-resets.patch mac80211-tx-use-dev_kfree_skb_any-for-beacon_get.patch mac80211-return-correct-error-return-from-ieee80211_wep_init.patch drm-dont-enable-irqs-in-locking.patch ip2-fix-iielliscleanup-as-it-is-static-but-not-always-used.patch char-merge-ip2main-and-ip2base.patch char-ip2-cleanup-globals.patch char-ip2-fix-sparse-warnings.patch char-ip2-init-deinit-cleanup.patch ip2-avoid-add_timer-with-pending-timer.patch char-ds1286-eliminate-busy-waiting.patch reiser4.patch shrink_slab-handle-bad-shrinkers.patch char-mxser-ratelimit-ioctl-warning.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