Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2015-02-10

[PATCH] rtlwifi: ratelimit skb allocation failure message

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From: Colin King <hidden>
Date: 2015-02-10 08:55:56
Also in: linux-wireless, lkml
Subsystem: networking drivers (wireless), the rest · Maintainers: Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds

From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

when running low on memory I noticed rtlwifi was producing a large
quantity of repeated skb allocation failures messages.  This should
be ratelimited to reduce the noise.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
index c70efb9..ca0fd50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static void _rtl_pci_rx_interrupt(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 		/* get a new skb - if fail, old one will be reused */
 		new_skb = dev_alloc_skb(rtlpci->rxbuffersize);
 		if (unlikely(!new_skb)) {
-			pr_err("Allocation of new skb failed in %s\n",
+			pr_err_ratelimited("Allocation of new skb failed in %s\n",
 			       __func__);
 			goto no_new;
 		}
-- 
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