linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] intel_ips: quieten "power or thermal limit exceeded" messages

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Date:	Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:18:53 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
Cc:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] intel_ips: quieten "power or thermal limit exceeded"
 messages

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:29:01 -0300
Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net> wrote:

> On my Dell Inspiron N4010, one of these messages is printed every five
> seconds. Change both to dev_dbg to quieten them even more.

It's not the kind of thing you want to quieten since in most cases it is
stuff you want to know about.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> index 9024480..7833adc 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static bool mcp_exceeded(struct ips_driver *ips)
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ips->turbo_status_lock, flags);
>  
>  	if (ret)
> -		dev_info(&ips->dev->dev,
> +		dev_dbg(&ips->dev->dev,
>  			 "MCP power or thermal limit exceeded\n");

Probably better to ratelimit it. Being told it occurs is important, being
told every five seconds is indeed excessive.

Alan
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