RE: [PATCH] drm/hyperv: Add ratelimit on error message

[Michael Kelley (LINUX)]

From: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 8:10 AM
> 
> Due to a full ring buffer, the driver may be unable to send updates to
> the Hyper-V host.  But outputing the error message can make the problem
> worse because console output is also typically written to the frame
> buffer.
> Rate limiting the error message, also output the error code for additional
> diagnosability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c
> index 76a182a..013a782 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c
> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static inline int hyperv_sendpacket(struct hv_device *hdev,
> struct synthvid_msg
>  			       VM_PKT_DATA_INBAND, 0);
> 
>  	if (ret)
> -		drm_err(&hv->dev, "Unable to send packet via vmbus\n");
> +		drm_err_ratelimited(&hv->dev, "Unable to send packet via vmbus; error %d\n", ret);
> 
>  	return ret;
>  }
> --
> 1.8.3.1

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>