[PATCH] rtlwifi: ratelimit skb allocation failure message

From: Colin King
Date: Tue Feb 10 2015 - 03:55:59 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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__);
goto no_new;
}
--
2.1.4

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