[PATCH net-next 10/10] lan78xx: Limit number of driver warning messages

[John Efstathiades <john.efstathiades@pebblebay.com>]

Device removal can result in a large burst of driver warning messages
(20 - 30) sent to the kernel log. Most of these are register read/write
failures.

This change limits the rate at which these messages are emitted.

Signed-off-by: John Efstathiades <john.efstathiades@pebblebay.com>
---
 drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index c4e5b643b809..9a51ab881047 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int lan78xx_read_reg(struct lan78xx_net *dev, u32 index, u32 *data)
 	if (likely(ret >= 0)) {
 		le32_to_cpus(buf);
 		*data = *buf;
-	} else {
+	} else if (net_ratelimit()) {
 		netdev_warn(dev->net,
 			    "Failed to read register index 0x%08x. ret = %d",
 			    index, ret);
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ static int lan78xx_write_reg(struct lan78xx_net *dev, u32 index, u32 data)
 			      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_WRITE_REGISTER,
 			      USB_DIR_OUT | USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
 			      0, index, buf, 4, USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT);
-	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0) &&
+	    net_ratelimit()) {
 		netdev_warn(dev->net,
 			    "Failed to write register index 0x%08x. ret = %d",
 			    index, ret);
-- 
2.25.1