From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Akinobu Mita Subject: [PATCH] rate limiting for socket allocation failure messages Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:59:21 +0900 Message-ID: <20060831095921.GA13845@miraclelinux.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller Return-path: Received: from ns.miraclelinux.com ([219.118.163.66]:25363 "EHLO mail01.miraclelinux.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750788AbWHaKER (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:04:17 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org (Resending due to local mail server trouble) This patch limits the warning messages when socket allocation failures happen. It happens under memory pressure. Cc: David Miller Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita net/socket.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: work-shouldfail/net/socket.c =================================================================== --- work-shouldfail.orig/net/socket.c +++ work-shouldfail/net/socket.c @@ -1178,7 +1178,8 @@ static int __sock_create(int family, int */ if (!(sock = sock_alloc())) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "socket: no more sockets\n"); + if (net_ratelimit()) + printk(KERN_WARNING "socket: no more sockets\n"); err = -ENFILE; /* Not exactly a match, but its the closest posix thing */ goto out;