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Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 19:52:54 -0700
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, paulmck@...ibm.com,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] __ratelimit rewrite
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 10:58 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 09:37 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > > > I think your changes should then be done in
> > > > printk.h not creating a new ratelimit.h.
> > > IMO ratelimit is not just for printk use now, so a standalone head
> > > file is necessary.
> > What other uses would ratelimit have?
> ratelimit is a general function, another user of it is
> WARN_ON_RATELIMIT in this patch. It could have other usage in future.
You put WARN_ON_RATELIMIT in bug.h right?
WARN_ON in bug.h is a printk
printk.h should #include <asm/bug.h>
kernel.h should not include that file.
What non print related function could be served by ratelimit?
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