From: Jiri Olsa trace_seq_printf return value is a little ambiguous. It currently returns the length of the space available in the buffer. printf usually returns the amount written. This is not adequate here, because trace_seq_printf(s, ""); is perfectly legal, and returning 0 would indicate that it failed. We can always see the amount written by looking at the before and after values of s->len. This is not quite the same use as printf. We only care if the string was successfully written to the buffer or not. Making trace_seq_printf return 0 if the trace oversizes the buffer's free space, 1 otherwise. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa LKML-Reference: <20091022120958.GB2311@jolsa.redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_output.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c index ed17565..b6c12c6 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c @@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ enum print_line_t trace_print_printk_msg_only(struct trace_iterator *iter) * @s: trace sequence descriptor * @fmt: printf format string * + * It returns 0 if the trace oversizes the buffer's free + * space, 1 otherwise. + * * The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own * copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace * trace_seq_printf is used to store strings into a special @@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...) s->len += ret; - return len; + return 1; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_seq_printf); -- 1.6.3.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/