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authorNikitas Angelinas <nikitasangelinas@gmail.com>2011-10-18 10:51:51 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2011-10-18 10:51:51 -0400
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ext4: MMP: fix error message rate-limiting logic in kmmpd
Current logic would print an error message only once, and then 'failed_writes' would stay at 1. Rework the loop to increment 'failed_writes' and print the error message every s_mmp_update_interval * 60 seconds, as intended according to the comment. Signed-off-by: Nikitas Angelinas <nikitas_angelinas@xyratex.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Perepechko <andrew_perepechko@xyratex.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext4')
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/mmp.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index 2fca64efd6db..6b327423e622 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data)
* Don't spew too many error messages. Print one every
* (s_mmp_update_interval * 60) seconds.
*/
- if (retval && (failed_writes % 60) == 0) {
- ext4_error(sb, "Error writing to MMP block");
+ if (retval) {
+ if ((failed_writes % 60) == 0)
+ ext4_error(sb, "Error writing to MMP block");
failed_writes++;
}