netdev - Re: [PATCH] SCTP: Reduce log spamming for sctp setsockopt

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Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:44:13 -0500
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCTP: Reduce log spamming for sctp setsockopt

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 03:24:48PM -0000, David Laight wrote:
> > From: Neil Horman
> > During a recent discussion regarding some sctp socket options, it was noted that
> > we have several points at which we issue log warnings that can be flooded at an
> > unbounded rate by any user.  Fix this by converting all the pr_warns in the
> > sctp_setsockopt path to be pr_warn_ratelimited.
> > 
> > Note there are several debug level messages as well.  I'm leaving those alone,
> > as, if you turn on pr_debug, you likely want lots of verbosity.
> ...
> > -		pr_warn("Use of struct sctp_assoc_value in delayed_ack socket option deprecated\n");
> > -		pr_warn("Use struct sctp_sack_info instead\n");
> > +		pr_warn_ratelimited("Use of struct sctp_assoc_value in delayed_ack socket option
> > deprecated\n");
> > +		pr_warn_ratelimited("Use struct sctp_sack_info instead\n");
> 
> Do you need to send these as a single ratelimited message?
> 
> 	David
> 
Oh, good point, I'll clean that up.  Thanks!
Neil

> 
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