From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e28smtp07.in.ibm.com (e28smtp07.in.ibm.com [122.248.162.7]) (using TLSv1 with cipher CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CD011A0170 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 14:33:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from /spool/local by e28smtp07.in.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Thu, 28 May 2015 10:03:30 +0530 Received: from d28relay03.in.ibm.com (d28relay03.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.60]) by d28dlp01.in.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B5D4E0057 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 10:06:38 +0530 (IST) Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (d28av04.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.66]) by d28relay03.in.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id t4S4XQND5767634 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 10:03:26 +0530 Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by d28av04.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id t4S4XQ3T022101 for ; Thu, 28 May 2015 10:03:26 +0530 From: Kamalesh Babulal To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Kamalesh Babulal , Anshuman Khandual , Anton Blanchard , Michael Ellerman Subject: [RFC PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Ratelimit EPOW event warnings Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 10:03:15 +0530 Message-Id: <1432787595-9946-1-git-send-email-kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , We print the respective warning after parsing EPOW interrupts, prompting user to take action depending upon the severity of the event. Some times same EPOW event warning, such as below could flood kernel log, within very short duration. So Limit the message by using ratelimit variant of pr_err. May 25 03:46:34 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 03:46:52 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 03:53:48 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 03:55:46 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 03:56:34 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 03:59:04 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 04:02:01 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 04:04:24 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 04:07:18 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 04:13:04 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 04:22:04 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 04:22:26 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared May 25 04:22:36 alp kernel: Non critical power or cooling issue cleared Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal Cc: Anshuman Khandual Cc: Anton Blanchard Cc: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c index 02e4a17..2556bc2 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c @@ -145,17 +145,17 @@ static void rtas_parse_epow_errlog(struct rtas_error_log *log) switch (action_code) { case EPOW_RESET: - pr_err("Non critical power or cooling issue cleared"); + pr_err_ratelimited("Non critical power or cooling issue cleared"); break; case EPOW_WARN_COOLING: - pr_err("Non critical cooling issue reported by firmware"); - pr_err("Check RTAS error log for details"); + pr_err_ratelimited("Non critical cooling issue reported by firmware"); + pr_err_ratelimited("Check RTAS error log for details"); break; case EPOW_WARN_POWER: - pr_err("Non critical power issue reported by firmware"); - pr_err("Check RTAS error log for details"); + pr_err_ratelimited("Non critical power issue reported by firmware"); + pr_err_ratelimited("Check RTAS error log for details"); break; case EPOW_SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN: @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static void rtas_parse_epow_errlog(struct rtas_error_log *log) break; default: - pr_err("Unknown power/cooling event (action code %d)", + pr_err_ratelimited("Unknown power/cooling event (action code %d)", action_code); } } -- 2.1.2