1 files changed, 3 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 3f7a2a94583b..a7f7559c5f6c 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1308,6 +1308,8 @@ void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
 }
 
 #if defined CONFIG_PRINTK
+
+DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(printk_ratelimit_state, 5 * HZ, 10);
 /*
  * printk rate limiting, lifted from the networking subsystem.
  *
@@ -1315,22 +1317,9 @@ void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
  * every printk_ratelimit_jiffies to make a denial-of-service
  * attack impossible.
  */
-int __printk_ratelimit(int ratelimit_jiffies, int ratelimit_burst)
-{
-        return __ratelimit(ratelimit_jiffies, ratelimit_burst);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__printk_ratelimit);
-
-/* minimum time in jiffies between messages */
-int printk_ratelimit_jiffies = 5 * HZ;
-
-/* number of messages we send before ratelimiting */
-int printk_ratelimit_burst = 10;
-
 int printk_ratelimit(void)
 {
-        return __printk_ratelimit(printk_ratelimit_jiffies,
-                                printk_ratelimit_burst);
+        return __ratelimit(&printk_ratelimit_state);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_ratelimit);