usbnet: ratelimit warning messages invoked from callback handler
Warning messages coming from rtl8150 driver can flood the console and make a DTV/set-top-box unable to decode video/audio frames. 'Pegasus' driver handles this situation similarly, preventing this from happening there. It happens with a low cost BCM MIPS embedded platform, whenever timeout errors were coming from usbnet device, making platform unusable for viewer watching. Signed-off-by: André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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