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wil6210: Rate limit "ring full" error message
authorVladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@qca.qualcomm.com>
Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:36:03 +0000 (15:36 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 1 Dec 2014 20:57:23 +0000 (15:57 -0500)
commitcfe6136c346fd844ebec15db7b092f215643e40c
tree2b40e92da68d6d7d9afe48c7105c945f80c38846
parent1a4bacd566690e66763c8a7352a93734802cdb5c
wil6210: Rate limit "ring full" error message

In the wil_tx_ring, error message printed when tx attempted
while vring has no space to accommodate all fragments of frame.
Normally, such situation handled by stopping tx queue.
But, if tx queue is by-passed (like pktgen does), this error
will be triggered at high rate and dmesg will be flooded with
this message. Whole system may become unstable and hang with
no possible recover except power cycle.

Rate-limit it to prevent dmesg flooding.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c