linux-ext4 - [PATCH UPDATED] jbd: Use printk_ratelimited() in journal_alloc_journal

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Date:	Mon,  4 Oct 2010 19:12:13 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH UPDATED] jbd: Use printk_ratelimited() in journal_alloc_journal_head()

Use printk_ratelimited() instead of doing it manually.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
---
 fs/jbd/journal.c |    9 +++------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 6f20a75..f79767d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,6 @@ static void journal_destroy_journal_head_cache(void)
 static struct journal_head *journal_alloc_journal_head(void)
 {
 	struct journal_head *ret;
-	static unsigned long last_warning;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG
 	atomic_inc(&nr_journal_heads);
@@ -1726,11 +1725,9 @@ static struct journal_head *journal_alloc_journal_head(void)
 	ret = kmem_cache_alloc(journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (ret == NULL) {
 		jbd_debug(1, "out of memory for journal_head\n");
-		if (time_after(jiffies, last_warning + 5*HZ)) {
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "ENOMEM in %s, retrying.\n",
-			       __func__);
-			last_warning = jiffies;
-		}
+		printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE "ENOMEM in %s, retrying.\n",
+				   __func__);
+
 		while (ret == NULL) {
 			yield();
 			ret = kmem_cache_alloc(journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
-- 
1.7.0.4

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