linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix bogus "callbacks suppressed" messages

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Message-ID: <20121005153706.GA13571@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Oct 2012 08:37:06 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix bogus "callbacks suppressed" messages

On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 05:29:48PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 07:26:39AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > I don't have a problem with this patch, but I don't understand why
> > it's now showing up. There haven't been any changes in the ratelimit.h
> > area recently that I can see, so why is this change needed now? What
> > is in the tty layer that is causing this, just the fact that it's
> > actually being used now?
> 
> >From my quick semi-skilled git history browsing, I'd say it's
> 5d4121c04b357 which added the WARN_RATELIMIT to tty_init_dev during the
> current merge window.

So WARN_RATELIMIT was never working properly?  If so, how far back does
it go in kernel releases that this should be fixed?

thanks,

greg k-h
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