linux-kernel - Re: tty_init_dev: 24 callbacks suppressed

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Message-ID: <20121004124025.GC21028@aftab.osrc.amd.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2012 14:40:25 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tty_init_dev: 24 callbacks suppressed

On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 01:51:57PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/ratelimit.h b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
> index e11ccb4..d8de255 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ratelimit.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
> @@ -46,20 +46,17 @@ extern int ___ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs, const char *func);
>  #define WARN_ON_RATELIMIT(condition, state)			\
>  		WARN_ON((condition) && __ratelimit(state))
>  
> -#define __WARN_RATELIMIT(condition, state, format...)		\
> -({								\
> -	int rtn = 0;						\
> -	if (unlikely(__ratelimit(state)))			\
> -		rtn = WARN(condition, format);			\
> -	rtn;							\
> -})
> -
> -#define WARN_RATELIMIT(condition, format...)			\
> +#define WARN_RATELIMIT(condition, fmt, ...)			\
>  ({								\
>  	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(_rs,			\
>  				      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,	\
>  				      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);	\
> -	__WARN_RATELIMIT(condition, &_rs, format);		\
> +	int rtn = !!(condition);				\
> +								\
> +	if (unlikely(rtn && __ratelimit(&_rs)))		\
> +		WARN(rtn, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
> +								\
> +	rtn;							\
>  })

Aha, I see it. We need to look at the condition before the __ratelimit,
otherwise we WARN unnecessarily, good catch.

>  #else
> @@ -67,15 +64,9 @@ extern int ___ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs, const char *func);
>  #define WARN_ON_RATELIMIT(condition, state)			\
>  	WARN_ON(condition)
>  
> -#define __WARN_RATELIMIT(condition, state, format...)		\
> -({								\
> -	int rtn = WARN(condition, format);			\
> -	rtn;							\
> -})
> -
> -#define WARN_RATELIMIT(condition, format...)			\
> +#define WARN_RATELIMIT(condition, fmt, ...)			\

... except this change is unrelated and unneeded - there's enough room
in 80 cols to leave it as "format" instead of shortening it.

Other than that:

Acked-and-tested-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>

Thanks.

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