[SRU][N:linux-bluefield][PATCH v1 1/4] net/mlx5: Apply rate-limiting to high temperature warning

Stav Aviram saviram at nvidia.com
Mon Oct 6 09:38:02 UTC 2025


From: Shahar Shitrit <shshitrit at nvidia.com>

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2126876

Wrap the high temperature warning in a temperature event with
a call to net_ratelimit() to prevent flooding the kernel log
with repeated warning messages when temperature exceeds the
threshold multiple times within a short duration.

Signed-off-by: Shahar Shitrit <shshitrit at nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt at nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek at intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250213094641.226501-2-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>
(cherry picked from commit 9dd3d5d258aceb37bdf09c8b91fa448f58ea81f0)
Signed-off-by: Stav Aviram <saviram at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/events.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/events.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/events.c
index d91ea53eb394..e8beb6289d01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/events.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/events.c
@@ -165,9 +165,10 @@ static int temp_warn(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long type, void *data)
 	value_lsb = be64_to_cpu(eqe->data.temp_warning.sensor_warning_lsb);
 	value_msb = be64_to_cpu(eqe->data.temp_warning.sensor_warning_msb);
 
-	mlx5_core_warn(events->dev,
-		       "High temperature on sensors with bit set %llx %llx",
-		       value_msb, value_lsb);
+	if (net_ratelimit())
+		mlx5_core_warn(events->dev,
+			       "High temperature on sensors with bit set %llx %llx",
+			       value_msb, value_lsb);
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
-- 
2.38.1




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