From:   Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
To:     herbert@gondor.apana.org.au
Cc:     linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, qat-linux@intel.com,
        Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>,
        Vladis Dronov <vdronov@redhat.com>,
        Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: qat - drop log level of msg in get_instance_node()
Date:   Wed,  1 Feb 2023 17:04:41 +0000
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The functions qat_crypto_get_instance_node() and
qat_compression_get_instance_node() allow to get a QAT instance (ring
pair) on a device close to the node specified as input parameter.
When this is not possible, and a QAT device is available in the system,
these function return an instance on a remote node and they print a
message reporting that it is not possible to find a device on the specified
node. This is interpreted by people as an error rather than an info.

The print "Could not find a device on node" indicates that a kernel
application is running on a core in a socket that does not have a QAT
device directly attached to it and performance might suffer.

Due to the nature of the message, this can be considered as a debug
message, therefore drop the severity to debug and report it only once
to avoid flooding.

Suggested-by: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
---
 drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_compression.c | 2 +-
 drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_compression.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_compression.c
index 9fd10f4242f8..3f1f35283266 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_compression.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_compression.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct qat_compression_instance *qat_compression_get_instance_node(int node)
 	}
 
 	if (!accel_dev) {
-		pr_info("QAT: Could not find a device on node %d\n", node);
+		pr_debug_ratelimited("QAT: Could not find a device on node %d\n", node);
 		/* Get any started device */
 		list_for_each(itr, adf_devmgr_get_head()) {
 			struct adf_accel_dev *tmp_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
index e31199eade5b..40c8e74d1cf9 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct qat_crypto_instance *qat_crypto_get_instance_node(int node)
 	}
 
 	if (!accel_dev) {
-		pr_info("QAT: Could not find a device on node %d\n", node);
+		pr_debug_ratelimited("QAT: Could not find a device on node %d\n", node);
 		/* Get any started device */
 		list_for_each_entry(tmp_dev, adf_devmgr_get_head(), list) {
 			if (adf_dev_started(tmp_dev) &&
-- 
2.39.1