Re: [PATCH -mm] __ratelimit rewrite

["Dave Young" <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 10:58 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
>  > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>  > > On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 09:37 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
>  > >  > >  I think your changes should then be done in
>  > >  > >  printk.h not creating a new ratelimit.h.
>  > >  > IMO ratelimit is not just for printk use now, so a standalone head
>  > >  > file is necessary.
>  > >  What other uses would ratelimit have?
>  > ratelimit is a general function,  another user of it is
>  > WARN_ON_RATELIMIT in this patch. It could have other usage in future.
>
>  You put WARN_ON_RATELIMIT in bug.h right?
>  WARN_ON in bug.h is a printk

Yes, warn is indeed printk, but it's not equal to printk.

>
>  printk.h should #include <asm/bug.h>
>  kernel.h should not include that file.
>
>  What non print related function could be served by ratelimit?

You can do some other handling except printk in ratelimit logic.

After searching the code, I guess DCCP-Sync ratelimit can use this feature.
David, am I right?

BTW, most of printk_ratelimit users should use their own
ratelimit_state, maybe I should do the replace work as a patch series.