The patch titled kernel.h: add printk_ratelimited and pr_<level>_rl has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kernelh-add-printk_ratelimited-and-pr_level_rl.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: kernel.h: add printk_ratelimited and pr_<level>_rl From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Add a printk_ratelimited statement expression macro that uses a per-call ratelimit_state so that multiple subsystems output messages are not suppressed by a global __ratelimit state. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Naohiro Ooiwa <nooiwa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~kernelh-add-printk_ratelimited-and-pr_level_rl include/linux/kernel.h --- a/include/linux/kernel.h~kernelh-add-printk_ratelimited-and-pr_level_rl +++ a/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -405,6 +405,50 @@ static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char * #endif /* + * ratelimited messages with local ratelimit_state, + * no local ratelimit_state used in the !PRINTK case + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK +#define printk_ratelimited(fmt, ...) ({ \ + static struct ratelimit_state _rs = { \ + .interval = DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, \ + .burst = DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST, \ + }; \ + \ + if (!__ratelimit(&_rs)) \ + printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ +}) +#else +/* No effect, but we still get type checking even in the !PRINTK case: */ +#define printk_ratelimited printk +#endif + +#define pr_emerg_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_EMERG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +#define pr_alert_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_ALERT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +#define pr_crit_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_CRIT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +#define pr_err_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +#define pr_warning_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_WARNING pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +#define pr_notice_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +#define pr_info_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +/* no pr_cont_rl, don't do that... */ +/* If you are writing a driver, please use dev_dbg instead */ +#if defined(DEBUG) +#define pr_debug_rl(fmt, ...) \ + printk_ratelimited(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +#else +#define pr_debug_rl(fmt, ...) \ + ({ if (0) printk_ratelimited(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(fmt), \ + ##__VA_ARGS__); 0; }) +#endif + +/* * General tracing related utility functions - trace_printk(), * tracing_on/tracing_off and tracing_start()/tracing_stop * _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch maintainers-asus-acpi-extras-remove-f-arch-x86-kernel-acpi-bootc.patch maintainers-brocade-bfa-use-single-line-m-and-tabs.patch maintainers-server-engines-10gbps-iscsi-use-single-line-m.patch maintainers-vmware-vmxnet3-quote-name-with-comma-and-period-use-tabs.patch get_maintainer-fix-usage-comment.patch linux-next.patch dynamic_debugh-kernelh-remove-kbuild_modname-from-dynamic_pr_debug.patch kernelh-remove-initialization-of-bool-in-printk_once.patch kernelh-add-printk_ratelimited-and-pr_level_rl.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-add-roles-and-rolestats.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-fix-non-with-git-blame-and-cleanups.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-support-multiple-vcss-add-mercurial.patch lib-vsprintfc-add-%pu-to-print-uuid-guids.patch fs-xfs-xfs_log_recoverc-use-%pu-to-print-uuids.patch randomc-use-%pu-to-print-uuids.patch drivers-firmware-dmi_scanc-use-%pub-to-print-uuids.patch drivers-md-mdc-use-%pu-to-print-uuids.patch fs-gfs2-sysc-use-%pub-to-print-uuids.patch fs-ubifs-use-%pub-to-print-uuids.patch efih-use-%pul-to-print-uuids.patch drivers-media-video-uvc-use-%pul-to-print-uuids.patch scripts-checkpatchpl-add-warn-on-sizeof.patch checkpatchpl-allow-80-char-lines-for-logging-functions-not-just-printk.patch isicomc-use-pr_fmt-and-pr_level.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