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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+squelched_messages = {}
+
+
+def debug_once(msg, *args, **kwargs):
+    """ Output a given debug message only once. If we see the same messag
+        again, then ignore it.
+    """
+    count = squelched_messages.get(msg, 0)
+
+    if count == 0:
+        # This is the first time we've seen this message.
+        log.debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    elif count == 1:
+        # We've seen a duplicate. Let the user know we're supressing.
+        log.debug("[Further messages suppressed] " + msg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    squelched_messages[msg] = count + 1