b44: Ratelimit timeout error message.

Signed-off-by: Jochen Friedrich <jochen@scram.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index 9091c6574b1c..f21cbe63c7b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@ static int b44_wait_bit(struct b44 *bp, unsigned long reg,
                 udelay(10);
         }
         if (i == timeout) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: BUG!  Timeout waiting for bit %08x of register "
-                       "%lx to %s.\n",
-                       bp->dev->name,
-                       bit, reg,
-                       (clear ? "clear" : "set"));
+                if (net_ratelimit())
+                        printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: BUG!  Timeout waiting for bit "
+                               "%08x of register "
+                               "%lx to %s.\n",
+                               bp->dev->name,
+                               bit, reg,
+                               (clear ? "clear" : "set"));
                 return -ENODEV;
         }
         return 0;