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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fibmap: Warn and return an error in case of block >
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 04:24:24AM +0530, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> Ok, I see.
> Let me replace WARN() with below pr_warn() line then. If no objections,
> then will send this in a v2 with both patches combined as Darrick
> suggested. - (with Reviewed-by tags of Jan & Christoph).
> 
> pr_warn("fibmap: this would truncate fibmap result\n");

We generally don't like userspace to be able to trigger kernel messages
on demand, so they can't swamp the logfiles.  printk_ratelimited()?