linux-kernel - [PATCH] orangefs: rate limit the client not running info message

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Date:   Wed,  5 Sep 2018 15:54:01 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Mike Marshall <hubcap@...ibond.com>,
        Martin Brandenburg <martin@...ibond.com>,
        devel@...ts.orangefs.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] orangefs: rate limit the client not running info message

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Currently accessing various /sys/fs/orangefs files will spam the
kernel log with the following info message when the client is not
running:

[  491.489284] sysfs_service_op_show: Client not running :-5:

Rate limit this info message to make it less spammy.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c
index dd28079f518c..19739aaee675 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_service_op_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 	/* Can't do a service_operation if the client is not running... */
 	rc = is_daemon_in_service();
 	if (rc) {
-		pr_info("%s: Client not running :%d:\n",
+		pr_info_ratelimited("%s: Client not running :%d:\n",
 			__func__,
 			is_daemon_in_service());
 		goto out;
-- 
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