Due to a full ring buffer, the driver may be unable to send updates to
the Hyper-V host.  But outputing the error message can make the problem
worse because console output is also typically written to the frame
buffer.  As a result, in some circumstances the error message is output
continuously.

Break the cycle by rate limiting the error message.  Also output
the error code for additional diagnosability.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikel...@microsoft.com>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
index 4dc9077..a7e6eea 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static inline int synthvid_send(struct hv_device *hdev,
                               VM_PKT_DATA_INBAND, 0);
 
        if (ret)
-               pr_err("Unable to send packet via vmbus\n");
+               pr_err_ratelimited("Unable to send packet via vmbus; error 
%d\n", ret);
 
        return ret;
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1

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