From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: rate-limit leftover bytes warning and print process name Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 17:16:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20140530.171624.1737602003205792918.davem@davemloft.net> References: <5385DAE5.2020009@6wind.com> <1401454647-28228-1-git-send-email-mschmidt@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com To: mschmidt@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:60723 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934638AbaEaAQZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 May 2014 20:16:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1401454647-28228-1-git-send-email-mschmidt@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Michal Schmidt Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:57:27 +0200 > Any process is able to send netlink messages with leftover bytes. > Make the warning rate-limited to prevent too much log spam. > > The warning is supposed to help find userspace bugs, so print the > triggering command name to implicate the buggy program. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt Please use pr_warn_ratelimited() as suggested by Sergei. Thanks.