cifs: Ratelimit kernel log messages
authorJamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@gmail.com>
Sat, 7 Nov 2015 12:13:49 +0000 (22:13 +1000)
committerSteve French <sfrench@localhost.localdomain>
Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:39:02 +0000 (13:39 -0600)
Under some conditions, CIFS can repeatedly call the cifs_dbg() logging
wrapper. If done rapidly enough, the console framebuffer can softlockup
or "rcu_sched self-detected stall". Apply the built-in log ratelimiters
to prevent such hangs.

Signed-off-by: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
CC: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h

index 7febcf2..50b2684 100644 (file)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void cifs_vfs_err(const char *fmt, ...)
        vaf.fmt = fmt;
        vaf.va = &args;
 
-       pr_err("CIFS VFS: %pV", &vaf);
+       pr_err_ratelimited("CIFS VFS: %pV", &vaf);
 
        va_end(args);
 }
index f40fbac..66cf0f9 100644 (file)
@@ -51,14 +51,13 @@ __printf(1, 2) void cifs_vfs_err(const char *fmt, ...);
 /* information message: e.g., configuration, major event */
 #define cifs_dbg(type, fmt, ...)                                       \
 do {                                                                   \
-       if (type == FYI) {                                              \
-               if (cifsFYI & CIFS_INFO) {                              \
-                       pr_debug("%s: " fmt, __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__);  \
-               }                                                       \
+       if (type == FYI && cifsFYI & CIFS_INFO) {                       \
+               pr_debug_ratelimited("%s: "                             \
+                           fmt, __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__);              \
        } else if (type == VFS) {                                       \
                cifs_vfs_err(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                       \
        } else if (type == NOISY && type != 0) {                        \
-               pr_debug(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
+               pr_debug_ratelimited(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);               \
        }                                                               \
 } while (0)