[PATCH] rate limiting for the ldisc open failure messages
This patch limits the messages when ldisc open faulures happen. It happens
under memory pressure.
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <mita@miraclelinux.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 6354373..33374177 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -2065,8 +2065,9 @@
/* call the tty release_mem routine to clean out this slot */
release_mem_out:
- printk(KERN_INFO "init_dev: ldisc open failed, "
- "clearing slot %d\n", idx);
+ if (printk_ratelimit())
+ printk(KERN_INFO "init_dev: ldisc open failed, "
+ "clearing slot %d\n", idx);
release_mem(tty, idx);
goto end_init;
}