From 3fdd90841af5cf7cd2d6b77b2cdc6560064c0f13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Lechner Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:48:30 -0500 Subject: power: supply: sysfs: ratelimit property read error message [ Upstream commit 87a2b65fc855e6be50f791c2ebbb492541896827 ] This adds rate limiting to the message that is printed when reading a power supply property via sysfs returns an error. This will prevent userspace applications from unintentionally dDOSing the system by continuously reading a property that returns an error. Signed-off-by: David Lechner Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/power') diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c index eb5dc7482053..2ccaf4ff4be4 100644 --- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c @@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ static ssize_t power_supply_show_property(struct device *dev, dev_dbg(dev, "driver has no data for `%s' property\n", attr->attr.name); else if (ret != -ENODEV && ret != -EAGAIN) - dev_err(dev, "driver failed to report `%s' property: %zd\n", + dev_err_ratelimited(dev, + "driver failed to report `%s' property: %zd\n", attr->attr.name, ret); return ret; } -- cgit v1.2.3