Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
[linux-2.6] / lib / ratelimit.c
1 /*
2  * ratelimit.c - Do something with rate limit.
3  *
4  * Isolated from kernel/printk.c by Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
5  *
6  * 2008-05-01 rewrite the function and use a ratelimit_state data struct as
7  * parameter. Now every user can use their own standalone ratelimit_state.
8  *
9  * This file is released under the GPLv2.
10  *
11  */
12
13 #include <linux/kernel.h>
14 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16
17 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ratelimit_lock);
18 static unsigned long flags;
19
20 /*
21  * __ratelimit - rate limiting
22  * @rs: ratelimit_state data
23  *
24  * This enforces a rate limit: not more than @rs->ratelimit_burst callbacks
25  * in every @rs->ratelimit_jiffies
26  */
27 int __ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
28 {
29         if (!rs->interval)
30                 return 1;
31
32         spin_lock_irqsave(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
33         if (!rs->begin)
34                 rs->begin = jiffies;
35
36         if (time_is_before_jiffies(rs->begin + rs->interval)) {
37                 if (rs->missed)
38                         printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %d callbacks suppressed\n",
39                                 __func__, rs->missed);
40                 rs->begin = 0;
41                 rs->printed = 0;
42                 rs->missed = 0;
43         }
44         if (rs->burst && rs->burst > rs->printed)
45                 goto print;
46
47         rs->missed++;
48         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
49         return 0;
50
51 print:
52         rs->printed++;
53         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
54         return 1;
55 }
56 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ratelimit);