On Sun, 22 May 2011 16:48:34 +0200
Richard Weinberger wrote:
> +static void show_segv_info(struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> + struct task_struct *tsk = current;
> + struct faultinfo *fi = UPT_FAULTINFO(regs);
> +
> + if (!unhandled_signal(tsk, SIGSEGV))
> + return;
> +
> +
Warn about uses of printk_ratelimit because it uses a
global state and can hide subsequent useful messages.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl |5 +
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d86708
Am Dienstag 24 Mai 2011, 21:34:33 schrieb Andrew Morton:
> Please see the nice comment in printk.h
>
> /*
> * Please don't use printk_ratelimit(), because it shares ratelimiting
> state * with all other unrelated printk_ratelimit() callsites. Instead
> use * printk_ratelimited() or plain old __r
