Merge branch 'master' of /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

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diff --git a/lib/ratelimit.c b/lib/ratelimit.c
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+/*
+ * ratelimit.c - Do something with rate limit.
+ *
+ * Isolated from kernel/printk.c by Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+/*
+ * __ratelimit - rate limiting
+ * @ratelimit_jiffies: minimum time in jiffies between two callbacks
+ * @ratelimit_burst: number of callbacks we do before ratelimiting
+ *
+ * This enforces a rate limit: not more than @ratelimit_burst callbacks
+ * in every ratelimit_jiffies
+ */
+int __ratelimit(int ratelimit_jiffies, int ratelimit_burst)
+{
+	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ratelimit_lock);
+	static unsigned toks = 10 * 5 * HZ;
+	static unsigned long last_msg;
+	static int missed;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long now = jiffies;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
+	toks += now - last_msg;
+	last_msg = now;
+	if (toks > (ratelimit_burst * ratelimit_jiffies))
+		toks = ratelimit_burst * ratelimit_jiffies;
+	if (toks >= ratelimit_jiffies) {
+		int lost = missed;
+
+		missed = 0;
+		toks -= ratelimit_jiffies;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
+		if (lost)
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %d messages suppressed\n",
+				__func__, lost);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	missed++;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ratelimit);