Re: [PATCH] block: rate-limit capacity change info log

[Bart Van Assche]

On 11/16/25 9:34 PM, Li Chen wrote:
> From: Li Chen <chenl311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> loop devices under heavy stress-ng loop streessor can trigger many
> capacity change events in a short time. Each event prints an info
> message from set_capacity_and_notify(), flooding the console and
> contributing to soft lockups on slow consoles.
>
> Switch the printk in set_capacity_and_notify() to
> pr_info_ratelimited() so frequent capacity changes do not spam
> the log while still reporting occasional changes.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Li Chen <chenl311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   block/genhd.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
> index 9bbc38d12792..bd3a6841e5b5 100644
> --- a/block/genhd.c
> +++ b/block/genhd.c
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ bool set_capacity_and_notify(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t size)
>   	    (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN))
>   		return false;
>   
> -	pr_info("%s: detected capacity change from %lld to %lld\n",
> +	pr_info_ratelimited("%s: detected capacity change from %lld to %lld\n",
>   		disk->disk_name, capacity, size);
>   
>   	/*

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>