Merge branch 'core/printk' into tracing/ftrace

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index d4614a8a034b..7aef15c4645e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ extern struct ratelimit_state printk_ratelimit_state;
 extern int printk_ratelimit(void);
 extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies,
 				   unsigned int interval_msec);
+
+/*
+ * Print a one-time message (analogous to WARN_ONCE() et al):
+ */
+#define printk_once(x...) ({			\
+	static int __print_once = 1;		\
+						\
+	if (__print_once) {			\
+		__print_once = 0;		\
+		printk(x);			\
+	}					\
+})
+
 #else
 static inline int vprintk(const char *s, va_list args)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));
@@ -253,6 +266,10 @@ static inline int printk_ratelimit(void) { return 0; }
 static inline bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, \
 					  unsigned int interval_msec)	\
 		{ return false; }
+
+/* No effect, but we still get type checking even in the !PRINTK case: */
+#define printk_once(x...) printk(x)
+
 #endif
 
 extern int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu);