From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9B1C10F14 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C8120659 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726754AbfJJRfO (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:35:14 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:60806 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725862AbfJJRfN (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:35:13 -0400 Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EB00C5A0; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:35:11 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Oleksandr Natalenko Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Vasily Gorbik , Ingo Molnar , Heiko Carstens , Thorsten Leemhuis , Quentin Perret Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: admin-guide: fix printk_ratelimit explanation Message-ID: <20191010113511.141902cc@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20191002114610.5773-1-oleksandr@redhat.com> References: <20191002114610.5773-1-oleksandr@redhat.com> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 13:46:10 +0200 Oleksandr Natalenko wrote: > The printk_ratelimit value accepts seconds, not jiffies (though it is > converted into jiffies internally). Update documentation to reflect > this. > > Also, remove the statement about allowing 1 message in 5 seconds since > bursts up to 10 messages are allowed by default. > > Finally, while we are here, mention default value for > printk_ratelimit_burst too. > > Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Natalenko This seems good. Applied, thanks. jon