linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 014/129] power: supply: sysfs: ratelimit property read error message

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Date:   Thu,  3 Oct 2019 17:52:17 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 014/129] power: supply: sysfs: ratelimit property read error message

From: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>

[ Upstream commit 87a2b65fc855e6be50f791c2ebbb492541896827 ]

This adds rate limiting to the message that is printed when reading a
power supply property via sysfs returns an error. This will prevent
userspace applications from unintentionally dDOSing the system by
continuously reading a property that returns an error.

Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c
index c0fc98e03c912..85cb5b9c1b6f0 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ static ssize_t power_supply_show_property(struct device *dev,
 				dev_dbg(dev, "driver has no data for `%s' property\n",
 					attr->attr.name);
 			else if (ret != -ENODEV && ret != -EAGAIN)
-				dev_err(dev, "driver failed to report `%s' property: %zd\n",
+				dev_err_ratelimited(dev,
+					"driver failed to report `%s' property: %zd\n",
 					attr->attr.name, ret);
 			return ret;
 		}
-- 
2.20.1