netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] netlink: rate-limit leftover bytes warning and print process name

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Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:16:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mschmidt@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] netlink: rate-limit leftover bytes warning and
 print process name

From: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Date: Mon,  2 Jun 2014 18:25:02 +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.
> 
> [v2: Use pr_warn_ratelimited instead of printk_ratelimited.]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks Michal.
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