Add ratelimits section for rationale and defaults. Signed-off-by: Karolina Stolarek <karolina.stolarek@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jon Pan-Doh <pandoh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst index f013f3b27c82..896d2a232a90 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst @@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ In the example, 'Requester ID' means the ID of the device that sent the error message to the Root Port. Please refer to PCIe specs for other fields. +AER Ratelimits +-------------- + +Since error messages can be generated for each transaction, we may see +large volumes of errors reported. To prevent spammy devices from flooding +the console/stalling execution, messages are throttled by device and error +type (correctable vs. uncorrectable). + +AER uses the default ratelimit of DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST (10 events) over +DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL (5 seconds). + AER Statistics / Counters ------------------------- -- 2.49.0.rc1.451.g8f38331e32-goog
