ext4: Print the find_group_flex() warning only once

This is a short-term warning, and even printk_ratelimit() can result in too much noise in system logs. So only print it once as a warning. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
hjking · Mar 12, 2009 · 2842c3b · 2842c3b
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commit 2842c3b
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode)
 	struct inode *ret;
 	ext4_group_t i;
 	int free = 0;
+	static int once = 1;
 	ext4_group_t flex_group;
 
 	/* Cannot create files in a deleted directory */
@@ -719,7 +720,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode)
 		ret2 = find_group_flex(sb, dir, &group);
 		if (ret2 == -1) {
 			ret2 = find_group_other(sb, dir, &group);
-			if (ret2 == 0 && printk_ratelimit())
+			if (ret2 == 0 && once)
+				once = 0;
 				printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext4: find_group_flex "
 				       "failed, fallback succeeded dir %lu\n",
 				       dir->i_ino);