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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 771f5e861bcd..66426552fbfe 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -820,15 +821,8 @@ void release_console_sem(void)
console_locked = 0;
up(&console_sem);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
- if (wake_klogd && !oops_in_progress && waitqueue_active(&log_wait)) {
- /*
- * If we printk from within the lock dependency code,
- * from within the scheduler code, then do not lock
- * up due to self-recursion:
- */
- if (!lockdep_internal())
- wake_up_interruptible(&log_wait);
- }
+ if (wake_klogd && !oops_in_progress && waitqueue_active(&log_wait))
+ wake_up_interruptible(&log_wait);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_console_sem);
@@ -1108,3 +1102,23 @@ int printk_ratelimit(void)
printk_ratelimit_burst);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_ratelimit);
+
+/**
+ * printk_timed_ratelimit - caller-controlled printk ratelimiting
+ * @caller_jiffies: pointer to caller's state
+ * @interval_msecs: minimum interval between prints
+ *
+ * printk_timed_ratelimit() returns true if more than @interval_msecs
+ * milliseconds have elapsed since the last time printk_timed_ratelimit()
+ * returned true.
+ */
+bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies,
+ unsigned int interval_msecs)
+{
+ if (*caller_jiffies == 0 || time_after(jiffies, *caller_jiffies)) {
+ *caller_jiffies = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(interval_msecs);
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_timed_ratelimit);