[PATCH] lockdown: Only log restrictions once

From: Daniel Tang

Date: Wed Nov 19 2025 - 08:22:44 EST


KDE's lockscreen causes systemd-logind to spam dmesg about hibernation.
systemd declined to cache /sys/power/state due to runtime changeability.

Link: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/39802
Signed-off-by: Daniel Tang <danielzgtg.opensource@xxxxxxxxx>
---
security/lockdown/lockdown.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index cf83afa1d879..4ced8c76dc6b 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ static int lockdown_is_locked_down(enum lockdown_reason what)
"Invalid lockdown reason"))
return -EPERM;

+ static volatile unsigned long lockdown_reasons_seen;
+ static_assert(ARRAY_SIZE(lockdown_reasons) < sizeof(lockdown_reasons_seen) * 8);
if (kernel_locked_down >= what) {
- if (lockdown_reasons[what])
- pr_notice_ratelimited("Lockdown: %s: %s is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
+ if (lockdown_reasons[what] && !test_and_set_bit(what, &lockdown_reasons_seen))
+ pr_notice("Lockdown: %s: %s is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
current->comm, lockdown_reasons[what]);
return -EPERM;
}
--
2.51.0