printk_timed_ratelimit(9)

printk_timed_ratelimit9

Caller-controlled printk ratelimiting

Usage

bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long * caller_jiffies, unsigned int interval_msecs);

Arguments

caller_jiffies

pointer to caller's state

interval_msecs

minimum interval between prints

Overview

printk_timed_ratelimit returns true if more than interval_msecs milliseconds have elapsed since the last time printk_timed_ratelimit returned true.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.