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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-04-15 11:35:24 +0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-04-15 11:36:16 +0400
commitb257c14ceb1194a6181144210056d38f22127189 (patch)
treec803925f1d5bf2237e7495d306bf43929df0c952 /lib/ratelimit.c
parent371fd7e7a56a5c136d31aa980011bd2f131c3ef5 (diff)
parent2ba3abd8186f24c7fb418927025b4e2120e3a362 (diff)
downloadlinux-b257c14ceb1194a6181144210056d38f22127189.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core
Merge reason: merge the latest fixes, update to -rc4. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ratelimit.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/ratelimit.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ratelimit.c b/lib/ratelimit.c
index 09f5ce1810dc..027a03f4c56d 100644
--- a/lib/ratelimit.c
+++ b/lib/ratelimit.c
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@
/*
* __ratelimit - rate limiting
* @rs: ratelimit_state data
+ * @func: name of calling function
*
- * This enforces a rate limit: not more than @rs->ratelimit_burst callbacks
- * in every @rs->ratelimit_jiffies
+ * This enforces a rate limit: not more than @rs->burst callbacks
+ * in every @rs->interval
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * 0 means callbacks will be suppressed.
+ * 1 means go ahead and do it.
*/
int ___ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs, const char *func)
{
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ int ___ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs, const char *func)
* the entity that is holding the lock already:
*/
if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&rs->lock, flags))
- return 1;
+ return 0;
if (!rs->begin)
rs->begin = jiffies;