locking/refcounts: Change WARN() to WARN_ONCE()
Linus noticed that the new refcount.h APIs used WARN(), which would turn into a dmesg DoS if it triggers frequently on some buggy driver. So make sure we only warn once. These warnings are never supposed to happen, so it's typically not a problem to lose subsequent warnings. Suggested-by:Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzbYUTZ=oqZ2YgDjY0C2_n6ODhTfqj6V+m5xWmDxsuB0w@mail.gmail.comSigned-off-by:
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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