ratelimit: Use per ratelimit context locking
[safe/jmp/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 #include <linux/kernel.h>
13 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
14 #include <linux/module.h>
15
16 /*
17  * __ratelimit - rate limiting
18  * @rs: ratelimit_state data
19  *
20  * This enforces a rate limit: not more than @rs->ratelimit_burst callbacks
21  * in every @rs->ratelimit_jiffies
22  */
23 int __ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
24 {
25         unsigned long flags;
26         int ret;
27
28         if (!rs->interval)
29                 return 1;
30
31         spin_lock_irqsave(&rs->lock, flags);
32         if (!rs->begin)
33                 rs->begin = jiffies;
34
35         if (time_is_before_jiffies(rs->begin + rs->interval)) {
36                 if (rs->missed)
37                         printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %d callbacks suppressed\n",
38                                 __func__, rs->missed);
39                 rs->begin   = 0;
40                 rs->printed = 0;
41                 rs->missed  = 0;
42         }
43         if (rs->burst && rs->burst > rs->printed) {
44                 rs->printed++;
45                 ret = 1;
46         } else {
47                 rs->missed++;
48                 ret = 0;
49         }
50         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rs->lock, flags);
51
52         return ret;
53 }
54 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ratelimit);