linux-kernel - [PATCH] fix comment for __printk

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Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 12:20:51 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@...i.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<trivial@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fix comment for __printk_ratelimit

The comment assumed ratelimit_burst to be one and used an old name for
ratelimit_jiffies.

I also reintended the comment.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@...i.com>
---
 kernel/printk.c |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 8fb01c3..f1c3c1c 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1323,9 +1323,8 @@ void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
 /*
  * printk rate limiting, lifted from the networking subsystem.
  *
- * This enforces a rate limit: not more than one kernel message
- * every printk_ratelimit_jiffies to make a denial-of-service
- * attack impossible.
+ * This enforces a rate limit: not more than @ratelimit_burst kernel message
+ * every @ratelimit_jiffies to make a denial-of-service attack impossible.
  */
 int __printk_ratelimit(int ratelimit_jiffies, int ratelimit_burst)
 {
-- 
1.5.5.1

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