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From:   Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Subject: [PATCH] vmw_balloon: Print errors on reset only once
Date:   Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:00:52 +0000
Message-Id: <20220322170052.6351-1-namit@vmware.com>
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From: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>

The VMware balloon might be reset multiple times during execution. Print
errors only once to avoid filling the log unnecessarily.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
---
 drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index f1d8ba6d4857..086ce77d9074 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -1452,10 +1452,10 @@ static void vmballoon_reset(struct vmballoon *b)
 
 	error = vmballoon_vmci_init(b);
 	if (error)
-		pr_err("failed to initialize vmci doorbell\n");
+		pr_err_once("failed to initialize vmci doorbell\n");
 
 	if (vmballoon_send_guest_id(b))
-		pr_err("failed to send guest ID to the host\n");
+		pr_err_once("failed to send guest ID to the host\n");
 
 unlock:
 	up_write(&b->conf_sem);
-- 
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