netdev - [PATCH] b44: Ratelimit timeout error message.

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Message-Id: <1266005514-2731-1-git-send-email-jochen@scram.de>
Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:11:54 +0100
From:	Jochen Friedrich <jochen@...am.de>
To:	Gary Zambrano <zambrano@...adcom.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jochen Friedrich <jochen@...am.de>
Subject: [PATCH] b44: Ratelimit timeout error message.

Signed-off-by: Jochen Friedrich <jochen@...am.de>
---
 drivers/net/b44.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index 4869adb..499212e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@ static int b44_wait_bit(struct b44 *bp, unsigned long reg,
 		udelay(10);
 	}
 	if (i == timeout) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: BUG!  Timeout waiting for bit %08x of register "
-		       "%lx to %s.\n",
-		       bp->dev->name,
-		       bit, reg,
-		       (clear ? "clear" : "set"));
+		if (net_ratelimit()) 
+			printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: BUG!  Timeout waiting for bit "
+			       "%08x of register "
+			       "%lx to %s.\n",
+			       bp->dev->name,
+			       bit, reg,
+			       (clear ? "clear" : "set"));
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	return 0;
-- 
1.6.6

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