linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 023/129] ALSA: seq: Degrade the error message for too many opens

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:19:54 +0000
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 023/129] ALSA: seq: Degrade the error message for too many opens

3.16.7-ckt25 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>

commit da10816e3d923565b470fec78a674baba794ed33 upstream.

ALSA OSS sequencer spews a kernel error message ("ALSA: seq_oss: too
many applications") when user-space tries to open more than the
limit.  This means that it can easily fill the log buffer.

Since it's merely a normal error, it's safe to suppress it via
pr_debug() instead.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c
index b9184d20c39f..beea8c861f49 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ snd_seq_oss_open(struct file *file, int level)
 
 	dp->index = i;
 	if (i >= SNDRV_SEQ_OSS_MAX_CLIENTS) {
-		pr_err("ALSA: seq_oss: too many applications\n");
+		pr_debug("ALSA: seq_oss: too many applications\n");
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto _error;
 	}