[ovs-dev] [PATCH] socket-util: Rate limit logs for bind attempts.

[Ben Pfaff]

This reduces the amount of logging when higher-level code retries binding
ports that are in use.

Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>
---
 lib/socket-util.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/socket-util.c b/lib/socket-util.c
index 504f4cd59554..df9b01a9e848 100644
--- a/lib/socket-util.c
+++ b/lib/socket-util.c
@@ -725,7 +725,8 @@ inet_open_passive(int style, const char *target, int default_port,
     /* Bind. */
     if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &ss, ss_length(&ss)) < 0) {
         error = sock_errno();
-        VLOG_ERR("%s: bind: %s", target, sock_strerror(error));
+        static struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(1, 5);
+        VLOG_ERR_RL(&rl, "%s: bind: %s", target, sock_strerror(error));
         goto error;
     }
 
-- 
2.16.1