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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rtlwifi: ratelimit skb allocation failure message
On 10/02/15 13:48, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 08:54 +0000, Colin King wrote:
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>>>
>>> when running low on memory I noticed rtlwifi was producing a large
>>> quantity of repeated skb allocation failures messages. This should
>>> be ratelimited to reduce the noise.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
>>> index c70efb9..ca0fd50 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
>>> @@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static void _rtl_pci_rx_interrupt(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>>> /* get a new skb - if fail, old one will be reused */
>>> new_skb = dev_alloc_skb(rtlpci->rxbuffersize);
>>> if (unlikely(!new_skb)) {
>>> - pr_err("Allocation of new skb failed in %s\n",
>>> + pr_err_ratelimited("Allocation of new skb failed in %s\n",
>>> __func__);
>>
>> Or even better, remove the message.
>
> There's actually a pending patch for that, I'll send it to Dave ASAP:
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5671121/
>
Thanks!


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