netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: rate-limit leftover bytes warning and print process name

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Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 17:16:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mschmidt@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: rate-limit leftover bytes warning and print
 process name

From: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:57:27 +0200

> Any process is able to send netlink messages with leftover bytes.
> Make the warning rate-limited to prevent too much log spam.
> 
> The warning is supposed to help find userspace bugs, so print the
> triggering command name to implicate the buggy program.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>

Please use pr_warn_ratelimited() as suggested by Sergei.

Thanks.
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