Re: Nasty log spamming problem in ide proc changes

[Jens Axboe]

On Thu, Nov 11 2004, Alan Cox wrote:
> > +	printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: /proc/ide/hd?/settings interface is "
> > +			    "obsolete, and will be removed soon!\n");
> > +
> 
> The above should be rate limited or on the write case moved to after
> the capable() check. A program polling these settings now makes a nasty
> noise and wipes the logs. A user can also do it intentionally.

Or just print it once...

-- 
Jens Axboe

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