linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] RTC: Ratelimit "lost interrupts" message

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Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 13:48:22 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ben Collins <bcollins@...ntu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] RTC: Ratelimit "lost interrupts" message

On Wed, 23 May 2007 18:23:06 -0400
Ben Collins <bcollins@...ntu.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Ben Collins <bcollins@...ntu.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/rtc.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/rtc.c b/drivers/char/rtc.c
> index 20380a2..22cf7aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/rtc.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/rtc.c
> @@ -1159,7 +1159,8 @@ static void rtc_dropped_irq(unsigned long data)
>  
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
>  
> -	printk(KERN_WARNING "rtc: lost some interrupts at %ldHz.\n", freq);
> +	if (printk_ratelimit())
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "rtc: lost some interrupts at %ldHz.\n", freq);
>  

Presumably someone is getting a lot of these messages.

Do we know why?  Is there something which needs fixing here?
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