On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 03:43 +0530, raghu.prabhu13@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Ratelimited printk will be useful in printing xfs messages which are otherwise > not required to be printed always due to their high rate (to prevent kernel ring > buffer from overflowing), while at the same time required to be printed. [] > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_message.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_message.h [] > @@ -30,6 +32,32 @@ void xfs_debug(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...) > } > #endif > > +#define xfs_printk_ratelimited(xfs_printk, dev, fmt, ...) \ > +do { \ > + static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(_rs, \ > + DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, \ > + DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST); \ > + if (__ratelimit(&_rs)) \ > + xfs_printk(dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ > +} while (0) It might be better to use an xfs singleton RATELIMIT_STATE DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(xfs_rs); ... #define xfs_printk_ratelimited(xfs_printk, dev, fmt, ...) \ do { \ if (__ratelimit(&xfs_rs)) \ xfs_printk(dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ } while (0) _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs