linux-kernel - [PATCH] drm/msm: Ratelimit invalid-fence message

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Message-Id: <20210317164239.1007776-1-robdclark@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:42:39 -0700
From:   Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
To:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     Rob Clark <robdclark@...omium.org>,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>, Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org (open list:DRM DRIVER FOR MSM ADRENO GPU),
        freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org (open list:DRM DRIVER FOR MSM ADRENO
        GPU), linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] drm/msm: Ratelimit invalid-fence message

From: Rob Clark <robdclark@...omium.org>

We have seen a couple cases where low memory situations cause something
bad to happen, followed by a flood of these messages obscuring the root
cause.  Lets ratelimit the dmesg spam so that next time it happens we
don't loose the kernel traces leading up to this.

Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c
index ad2703698b05..cd59a5918038 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fence.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int msm_wait_fence(struct msm_fence_context *fctx, uint32_t fence,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (fence > fctx->last_fence) {
-		DRM_ERROR("%s: waiting on invalid fence: %u (of %u)\n",
+		DRM_ERROR_RATELIMITED("%s: waiting on invalid fence: %u (of %u)\n",
 				fctx->name, fence, fctx->last_fence);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-- 
2.29.2