Re: [PATCH] printk: Ratelimit messages printed by console drivers

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Apr 13 2018 - 10:12:42 EST


On Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:47:04 +0200
Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


> The interval is set to one hour. It is rather arbitrary selected time.
> It is supposed to be a compromise between never print these messages,
> do not lockup the machine, do not fill the entire buffer too quickly,
> and get information if something changes over time.


I think an hour is incredibly long. We only allow 100 lines per hour for
printks happening inside another printk?

I think 5 minutes (at most) would probably be plenty. One minute may be
good enough.

-- Steve