linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs/binfmt_aout.c: Use printk

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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:36:32 +0200
From:	S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fs/binfmt_aout.c: Use printk_ratelimit()

Use printk_ratelimit() instead of jiffies based arithmetic, suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven

Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
---
 fs/binfmt_aout.c |   12 +++---------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index a1bb224..ba4cddb 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -372,21 +372,17 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 			 
 		flush_icache_range(text_addr, text_addr+ex.a_text+ex.a_data);
 	} else {
-		static unsigned long error_time, error_time2;
 		if ((ex.a_text & 0xfff || ex.a_data & 0xfff) &&
-		    (N_MAGIC(ex) != NMAGIC) && (jiffies-error_time2) > 5*HZ)
+		    (N_MAGIC(ex) != NMAGIC) && printk_ratelimit())
 		{
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "executable not page aligned\n");
-			error_time2 = jiffies;
 		}
 
-		if ((fd_offset & ~PAGE_MASK) != 0 &&
-		    (jiffies-error_time) > 5*HZ)
+		if ((fd_offset & ~PAGE_MASK) != 0 && printk_ratelimit())
 		{
 			printk(KERN_WARNING 
 			       "fd_offset is not page aligned. Please convert program: %s\n",
 			       bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
-			error_time = jiffies;
 		}
 
 		if (!bprm->file->f_op->mmap||((fd_offset & ~PAGE_MASK) != 0)) {
@@ -495,15 +491,13 @@ static int load_aout_library(struct file *file)
 	start_addr =  ex.a_entry & 0xfffff000;
 
 	if ((N_TXTOFF(ex) & ~PAGE_MASK) != 0) {
-		static unsigned long error_time;
 		loff_t pos = N_TXTOFF(ex);
 
-		if ((jiffies-error_time) > 5*HZ)
+		if (printk_ratelimit())
 		{
 			printk(KERN_WARNING 
 			       "N_TXTOFF is not page aligned. Please convert library: %s\n",
 			       file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
-			error_time = jiffies;
 		}
 		down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 		do_brk(start_addr, ex.a_text + ex.a_data + ex.a_bss);
-- 
1.5.4.3

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