From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e28smtp08.in.ibm.com (e28smtp08.in.ibm.com [122.248.162.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE9B71A0065 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 15:18:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from /spool/local by e28smtp08.in.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:48:20 +0530 Received: from d28relay05.in.ibm.com (d28relay05.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.62]) by d28dlp01.in.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78FE7E004C for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:51:33 +0530 (IST) Received: from d28av05.in.ibm.com (d28av05.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.67]) by d28relay05.in.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id t525IEPD40304744 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:48:15 +0530 Received: from d28av05.in.ibm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by d28av05.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id t525IERB001093 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:48:14 +0530 From: Kamalesh Babulal To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Kamalesh Babulal , Anshuman Khandual , Anton Blanchard , Michael Ellerman Subject: [PATCH v2] powerpc/pseries: Ratelimit EPOW event warnings Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:48:11 +0530 Message-Id: <1433222291-26461-1-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, over a period of time. So Limit the warnings by using ratelimit variant of pr_err. Also, merge adjacent pr_err/pr_emerg into single one to reduce the number of lines printed per warning. 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 --- v2 Changes: - Merged multiple adjacent pr_err/pr_emerg into single line to reduce multi-line warnings, based on Michael's comments. arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c index 02e4a17..3620935 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," + " 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," + " Check RTAS error log for details"); break; case EPOW_SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN: @@ -169,15 +169,14 @@ static void rtas_parse_epow_errlog(struct rtas_error_log *log) case EPOW_MAIN_ENCLOSURE: case EPOW_POWER_OFF: - pr_emerg("Critical power/cooling issue reported by firmware"); - pr_emerg("Check RTAS error log for details"); - pr_emerg("Immediate power off"); + pr_emerg("Critical power/cooling issue reported by firmware," + " Check RTAS error log for details. Immediate power off"); emergency_sync(); kernel_power_off(); 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