drivers/block/loop.c: ratelimit error messages
Metric tons of high speed spew is not helpful when things go pear shaped.
systemd lost its mind, forgot how to stop services it insists on being
sole manager of, massive printk() flood ensued, box eventually died.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 11412291584, length 4096.
[16206.684000] systemd-journald[1758]: /dev/kmsg buffer overrun, some messages lost.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 13155434496, length 4096.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 13155438592, length 4096.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 13155442688, length 4096.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 13960736768, length 4096.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 14229172224, length 4096.
[16206.684000] systemd-journald[1758]: /dev/kmsg buffer overrun, some messages lost.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 14766043136, length 4096.
[16206.684000] loop: Write error at byte offset 15034478592, length 4096.
[16206.684000] systemd-journald[1758]: /dev/kmsg buffer overrun, some messages lost.
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@online.de>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 66e8c3b..f70a230 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
file_end_write(file);
if (likely(bw == len))
return 0;
- printk(KERN_ERR "loop: Write error at byte offset %llu, length %i.\n",
+ printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "loop: Write error at byte offset %llu, length %i.\n",
(unsigned long long)pos, len);
if (bw >= 0)
bw = -EIO;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
return __do_lo_send_write(lo->lo_backing_file,
page_address(page), bvec->bv_len,
pos);
- printk(KERN_ERR "loop: Transfer error at byte offset %llu, "
+ printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "loop: Transfer error at byte offset %llu, "
"length %i.\n", (unsigned long long)pos, bvec->bv_len);
if (ret > 0)
ret = -EIO;
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
out:
return ret;
fail:
- printk(KERN_ERR "loop: Failed to allocate temporary page for write.\n");
+ printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "loop: Failed to allocate temporary page for write.\n");
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
size = p->bsize;
if (lo_do_transfer(lo, READ, page, buf->offset, p->page, p->offset, size, IV)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "loop: transfer error block %ld\n",
+ printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "loop: transfer error block %ld\n",
page->index);
size = -EINVAL;
}