netdev - [PATCH net] net: sched: reduce amount of log messages in act

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Date:   Thu,  2 Apr 2020 19:26:12 -0300
From:   Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH net] net: sched: reduce amount of log messages in act_mirred

OVS bridge is usually left down. When using OVS offload, then, it is
quite common to trigger this message. Some cards, for example, can't
offload broadcasts because they can't output to more than 2 ports.
Due to this, act_mirred will try to output to the OVS bridge itself,
which is often down, and floods the log. (yes, the ratelimit is not
enough)

As act_mirred is already incrementing the overlimit counter for each
drop, there is no need to keep flooding the logs here. Lets log it once,
warn the sysadmin, and let the counters do the rest.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
---
 net/sched/act_mirred.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_mirred.c b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
index 83dd82fc9f40ce800b99eae5c0b279dce5b2c1c9..bd1e2c98aaaefc689e52840b9be53ef9de4dd86d 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mirred.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	}

 	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
-		net_notice_ratelimited("tc mirred to Houston: device %s is down\n",
-				       dev->name);
+		pr_notice_once("tc mirred: device %s is down\n",
+			       dev->name);
 		goto out;
 	}

-- 
2.25.1