[patch 39/60] ext4: Print the find_group_flex() warning only once

[Greg KH]

-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>

(cherry picked from commit 2842c3b5449f31470b61db716f1926b594fb6156)

This is a short-term warning, and even printk_ratelimit() can result
in too much noise in system logs.  So only print it once as a warning.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
 fs/ext4/ialloc.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *h
 	struct inode *ret;
 	ext4_group_t i;
 	int free = 0;
+	static int once = 1;
 	ext4_group_t flex_group;
 
 	/* Cannot create files in a deleted directory */
@@ -706,7 +707,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *h
 		ret2 = find_group_flex(sb, dir, &group);
 		if (ret2 == -1) {
 			ret2 = find_group_other(sb, dir, &group);
-			if (ret2 == 0 && printk_ratelimit())
+			if (ret2 == 0 && once)
+				once = 0;
 				printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext4: find_group_flex "
 				       "failed, fallback succeeded dir %lu\n",
 				       dir->i_ino);


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