The patch titled ia64: use printk_once has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ia64-use-printk_once.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://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/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: ia64: use printk_once From: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c | 6 ++---- arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c | 8 ++------ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c~ia64-use-printk_once arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c~ia64-use-printk_once +++ a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c @@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ dump (const char *str, void *vp, size_t */ int no_unaligned_warning; int unaligned_dump_stack; -static int noprint_warning; /* * For M-unit: @@ -1357,9 +1356,8 @@ ia64_handle_unaligned (unsigned long ifa /* watch for command names containing %s */ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s", buf); } else { - if (no_unaligned_warning && !noprint_warning) { - noprint_warning = 1; - printk(KERN_WARNING "%s(%d) encountered an " + if (no_unaligned_warning) { + printk_once(KERN_WARNING "%s(%d) encountered an " "unaligned exception which required\n" "kernel assistance, which degrades " "the performance of the application.\n" diff -puN arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c~ia64-use-printk_once arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c~ia64-use-printk_once +++ a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c @@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ sn_pcidev_info_get(struct pci_dev *dev) * Additionally note that the struct sn_flush_device_war also has to be * removed from arch/ia64/sn/include/xtalk/hubdev.h */ -static u8 war_implemented = 0; static s64 sn_device_fixup_war(u64 nasid, u64 widget, int device, struct sn_flush_device_common *common) @@ -128,11 +127,8 @@ static s64 sn_device_fixup_war(u64 nasid struct sn_flush_device_war *dev_entry; struct ia64_sal_retval isrv = {0,0,0,0}; - if (!war_implemented) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "PROM version < 4.50 -- implementing old " - "PROM flush WAR\n"); - war_implemented = 1; - } + printk_once(KERN_WARNING + "PROM version < 4.50 -- implementing old PROM flush WAR\n"); war_list = kzalloc(DEV_PER_WIDGET * sizeof(*war_list), GFP_KERNEL); BUG_ON(!war_list); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from marcin.slusarz@xxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch alpha-use-printk_once.patch ia64-use-printk_once.patch ata-use-printk_once.patch ide-use-printk_once.patch vsprintf-use-warn_on_once.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