From 7d12970f1746d47155f97113ac48b81fd8af8640 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Ian King Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 22:38:55 +0000 Subject: firmware: dmi-sysfs: make pr_info messages rate limited Currently if a process repeat repeatedly reads the dmi sysfs raw event log /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/15-0/system_event_log/raw_event_log when GPNV support is missing or using an unknown access method the kernel log gets spammed with info messages. Make the messages rate limited to reduce the message spamming. Triggered when running sudo stress-ng --sysfs -t 5m. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221129223855.1005674-1-colin.i.king@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/firmware') diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c index 66727ad3361b..9b6ce172175c 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c @@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ static ssize_t dmi_sel_raw_read_helper(struct dmi_sysfs_entry *entry, return dmi_sel_raw_read_phys32(entry, &sel, state->buf, state->pos, state->count); case DMI_SEL_ACCESS_METHOD_GPNV: - pr_info("dmi-sysfs: GPNV support missing.\n"); + pr_info_ratelimited("dmi-sysfs: GPNV support missing.\n"); return -EIO; default: - pr_info("dmi-sysfs: Unknown access method %02x\n", + pr_info_ratelimited("dmi-sysfs: Unknown access method %02x\n", sel.access_method); return -EIO; } -- cgit v1.2.3