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diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index a7f7559..b51b156 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1309,14 +1309,14 @@ void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
#if defined CONFIG_PRINTK
-DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(printk_ratelimit_state, 5 * HZ, 10);
/*
* printk rate limiting, lifted from the networking subsystem.
*
- * This enforces a rate limit: not more than one kernel message
- * every printk_ratelimit_jiffies to make a denial-of-service
- * attack impossible.
+ * This enforces a rate limit: not more than 10 kernel messages
+ * every 5s to make a denial-of-service attack impossible.
*/
+DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(printk_ratelimit_state, 5 * HZ, 10);
+
int printk_ratelimit(void)
{
return __ratelimit(&printk_ratelimit_state);
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