netdev - [PATCH 5/5] ath10k: reduce invalid ht params rate message noise

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Date:   Tue,  9 Feb 2021 17:42:26 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] ath10k: reduce invalid ht params rate message noise

ath10k_mac_get_rate_flags_ht() floods dmesg with the following messages,
when it fails to find a match for mcs=7 and rate=1440.

supported_ht_mcs_rate_nss2:
{7,  {1300, 2700, 1444, 3000} }

ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: invalid ht params rate 1440 100kbps nss 2 mcs 7

dev_warn_ratelimited() isn't helping the noise. Use dev_warn_once()
instead.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 3545ce7dce0a..276321f0cfdd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -8970,8 +8970,9 @@ static void ath10k_mac_get_rate_flags_ht(struct ath10k *ar, u32 rate, u8 nss, u8
 		*bw |= RATE_INFO_BW_40;
 		*flags |= RATE_INFO_FLAGS_SHORT_GI;
 	} else {
-		ath10k_warn(ar, "invalid ht params rate %d 100kbps nss %d mcs %d",
-			    rate, nss, mcs);
+		dev_warn_once(ar->dev,
+			      "invalid ht params rate %d 100kbps nss %d mcs %d",
+			      rate, nss, mcs);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.27.0