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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:34:55 +0100
From:	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
To:	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Cc:	fubar@...ibm.com, andy@...yhouse.net, joe@...ches.com,
	kaber@...sh.net, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] bonding: add ratelimit for bond_arp_rcv()

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 03:03:57PM +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:
>Add ratelimit to avoid spam when processing the arp package.

You've ratelimited here only debug statements. As with the another
patchset, I think that it's a bad idea for debugging - if the user turns
debugging on he wants to see all messages, and otherwise he won't ever see
any.

>
>Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
>---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>index 9e8b888..7328a3f 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>@@ -2239,13 +2239,15 @@ static void bond_validate_arp(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave, __be32
> 	int i;
>
> 	if (!sip || !bond_has_this_ip(bond, tip)) {
>-		pr_debug("bva: sip %pI4 tip %pI4 not found\n", &sip, &tip);
>+		pr_debug_ratelimited("bva: sip %pI4 tip %pI4 not found\n",
>+				     &sip, &tip);
> 		return;
> 	}
>
> 	i = bond_get_targets_ip(bond->params.arp_targets, sip);
> 	if (i == -1) {
>-		pr_debug("bva: sip %pI4 not found in targets\n", &sip);
>+		pr_debug_ratelimited("bva: sip %pI4 not found in targets\n",
>+				     &sip);
> 		return;
> 	}
> 	slave->last_rx = jiffies;
>@@ -2272,8 +2274,8 @@ int bond_arp_rcv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
>
> 	alen = arp_hdr_len(bond->dev);
>
>-	pr_debug("bond_arp_rcv: bond %s skb->dev %s\n",
>-		 bond->dev->name, skb->dev->name);
>+	pr_debug_ratelimited("bond_arp_rcv: bond %s skb->dev %s\n",
>+			     bond->dev->name, skb->dev->name);
>
> 	if (alen > skb_headlen(skb)) {
> 		arp = kmalloc(alen, GFP_ATOMIC);
>@@ -2297,10 +2299,11 @@ int bond_arp_rcv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
> 	arp_ptr += 4 + bond->dev->addr_len;
> 	memcpy(&tip, arp_ptr, 4);
>
>-	pr_debug("bond_arp_rcv: %s %s/%d av %d sv %d sip %pI4 tip %pI4\n",
>-		 bond->dev->name, slave->dev->name, bond_slave_state(slave),
>-		 bond->params.arp_validate, slave_do_arp_validate(bond, slave),
>-		 &sip, &tip);
>+	pr_debug_ratelimited("bond_arp_rcv: %s %s/%d av %d sv %d sip %pI4 tip %pI4\n",
>+			     bond->dev->name, slave->dev->name,
>+			     bond_slave_state(slave),
>+			     bond->params.arp_validate,
>+			     slave_do_arp_validate(bond, slave), &sip, &tip);
>
> 	curr_active_slave = rcu_dereference(bond->curr_active_slave);
>
>-- 
>1.8.0
>
>
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