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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Ratelimit SO_BSDCOMPAT warnings
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:06:05 PDT, Phil Oester said:
> Back in March, there was some discussion about ratelimiting the
> BSDCOMPAT errors, and James Morris provided a patch to achieve
> this.

> Unfortunately, it seems to have fallen through the cracks. Below
> is the patch again, updated for 2.6.0-test3 - please apply.

> static void sock_warn_obsolete_bsdism(const char *name)
> {
> - printk(KERN_WARNING "process `%s' is using obsolete "
> - "%s SO_BSDCOMPAT\n", current->comm, name);
> + static int warned;
> +
> + if (!warned) {
> + warned = 1;


Umm.. am I dense, or does this only warn once for *the first program*
to do it after the system boots? And you don't get another warning about
any OTHER programs until you reboot in a few weeks (possibly)?

If so, why are we bothering at all? Once *per process* I could see, but
once per boot?
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