[3.19.y-ckt stable] Patch "cifs: Ratelimit kernel log messages" has been added to the 3.19.y-ckt tree

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    cifs: Ratelimit kernel log messages

to the linux-3.19.y-queue branch of the 3.19.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.19.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.19.8-ckt14.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.19.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 5f60c4f04678779a02aada185008fbde4e910856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 22:13:49 +1000
Subject: cifs: Ratelimit kernel log messages

commit ec7147a99e33a9e4abad6fc6e1b40d15df045d53 upstream.

Under some conditions, CIFS can repeatedly call the cifs_dbg() logging
wrapper. If done rapidly enough, the console framebuffer can softlockup
or "rcu_sched self-detected stall". Apply the built-in log ratelimiters
to prevent such hangs.

Signed-off-by: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c | 2 +-
 fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
index 7febcf2..50b2684 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void cifs_vfs_err(const char *fmt, ...)
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;
 	vaf.va = &args;

-	pr_err("CIFS VFS: %pV", &vaf);
+	pr_err_ratelimited("CIFS VFS: %pV", &vaf);

 	va_end(args);
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
index f40fbac..66cf0f9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
@@ -51,14 +51,13 @@ __printf(1, 2) void cifs_vfs_err(const char *fmt, ...);
 /* information message: e.g., configuration, major event */
 #define cifs_dbg(type, fmt, ...)					\
 do {									\
-	if (type == FYI) {						\
-		if (cifsFYI & CIFS_INFO) {				\
-			pr_debug("%s: " fmt, __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
-		}							\
+	if (type == FYI && cifsFYI & CIFS_INFO) {			\
+		pr_debug_ratelimited("%s: "				\
+			    fmt, __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
 	} else if (type == VFS) {					\
 		cifs_vfs_err(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
 	} else if (type == NOISY && type != 0) {			\
-		pr_debug(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
+		pr_debug_ratelimited(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
 	}								\
 } while (0)

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