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Message-Id: <20180907103924.17598-1-colin.king@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri,  7 Sep 2018 11:39:24 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Sathya Prakash <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>,
        Chaitra P B <chaitra.basappa@...adcom.com>,
        Suganath Prabu Subramani 
        <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: mpt3sas: make sysfs error messages ratelimited

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

It is possible to heavily spam the kernel logs with messages by
excessive reading of the mpt3sas sysfs files.  Make the error messages
ratelimited to reduce the spamming effect.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
index 5e8c059ce2c9..656cec5adb17 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
@@ -2958,7 +2958,7 @@ _ctl_BRM_status_show(struct device *cdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	ssize_t rc = 0;
 
 	if (!ioc->is_warpdrive) {
-		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "%s: BRM attribute is only for"
+		pr_err_ratelimited(MPT3SAS_FMT "%s: BRM attribute is only for"
 		    " warpdrive\n", ioc->name, __func__);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -3039,7 +3039,7 @@ _ctl_host_trace_buffer_size_show(struct device *cdev,
 	struct DIAG_BUFFER_START *request_data;
 
 	if (!ioc->diag_buffer[MPI2_DIAG_BUF_TYPE_TRACE]) {
-		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT
+		pr_err_ratelimited(MPT3SAS_FMT
 			"%s: host_trace_buffer is not registered\n",
 			ioc->name, __func__);
 		return 0;
@@ -3047,7 +3047,7 @@ _ctl_host_trace_buffer_size_show(struct device *cdev,
 
 	if ((ioc->diag_buffer_status[MPI2_DIAG_BUF_TYPE_TRACE] &
 	    MPT3_DIAG_BUFFER_IS_REGISTERED) == 0) {
-		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT
+		pr_err_ratelimited(MPT3SAS_FMT
 			"%s: host_trace_buffer is not registered\n",
 			ioc->name, __func__);
 		return 0;
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@ _ctl_host_trace_buffer_show(struct device *cdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	u32 size;
 
 	if (!ioc->diag_buffer[MPI2_DIAG_BUF_TYPE_TRACE]) {
-		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT
+		pr_err_ratelimited(MPT3SAS_FMT
 			"%s: host_trace_buffer is not registered\n",
 			ioc->name, __func__);
 		return 0;
@@ -3097,7 +3097,7 @@ _ctl_host_trace_buffer_show(struct device *cdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	if ((ioc->diag_buffer_status[MPI2_DIAG_BUF_TYPE_TRACE] &
 	    MPT3_DIAG_BUFFER_IS_REGISTERED) == 0) {
-		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT
+		pr_err_ratelimited(MPT3SAS_FMT
 			"%s: host_trace_buffer is not registered\n",
 			ioc->name, __func__);
 		return 0;
-- 
2.17.1

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