From: Andrew Morton Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 06:07:16 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [PATCH] Add printk_timed_ratelimit() X-Git-Tag: v2.6.19-rc5~42 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f46c483357c2d87606bbefb511321e3efd4baae0;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git [PATCH] Add printk_timed_ratelimit() printk_ratelimit() has global state which makes it not useful for callers which wish to perform ratelimiting at a particular frequency. Add a printk_timed_ratelimit() which utilises caller-provided state storage to permit more flexibility. This function can in fact be used for things other than printk ratelimiting and is perhaps poorly named. Cc: Ulrich Drepper Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 80f39cab470..24b611147ad 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ __attribute_const__ roundup_pow_of_two(unsigned long x) extern int printk_ratelimit(void); extern int __printk_ratelimit(int ratelimit_jiffies, int ratelimit_burst); +extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, + unsigned int interval_msec); static inline void console_silent(void) { diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index f7d427ef503..66426552fbf 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include @@ -1101,3 +1102,23 @@ int printk_ratelimit(void) printk_ratelimit_burst); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_ratelimit); + +/** + * printk_timed_ratelimit - caller-controlled printk ratelimiting + * @caller_jiffies: pointer to caller's state + * @interval_msecs: minimum interval between prints + * + * printk_timed_ratelimit() returns true if more than @interval_msecs + * milliseconds have elapsed since the last time printk_timed_ratelimit() + * returned true. + */ +bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, + unsigned int interval_msecs) +{ + if (*caller_jiffies == 0 || time_after(jiffies, *caller_jiffies)) { + *caller_jiffies = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(interval_msecs); + return true; + } + return false; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_timed_ratelimit);