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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1104060736510.5855@pobox.suse.cz>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 07:37:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To: Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] trivial: make comment about vs{n,cn,}printf more
understandable
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Jiri,
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:10:33PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > "You probably want ... instead." sounds like a recommendation better
> > not to use the v... functions.
> you didn't take this patch. Did you skip it on purpose?
Hi,
I don't see it in the trivial 'todo' queue. Either I though someone else
is taking it, or I just missed it. Could you please re-bounce it to
trivial@...nel.org, and I will apply it?
Thanks.
>
> Best regards
> Uwe
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> > ---
> > Hello,
> >
> > this is Milton's alternative suggestion plus an added "using".
> >
> > Thanks
> > Uwe
> >
> > lib/vsprintf.c | 9 +++------
> > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> > index c150d3d..6c46e0f 100644
> > --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> > +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> > @@ -1279,8 +1279,7 @@ qualifier:
> > * return is greater than or equal to @size, the resulting
> > * string is truncated.
> > *
> > - * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
> > - * You probably want snprintf() instead.
> > + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using snprintf().
> > */
> > int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
> > {
> > @@ -1454,8 +1453,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsnprintf);
> > * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is <= 0 the function
> > * returns 0.
> > *
> > - * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
> > - * You probably want scnprintf() instead.
> > + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using scnprintf().
> > *
> > * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
> > */
> > @@ -1534,8 +1532,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scnprintf);
> > * into @buf. Use vsnprintf() or vscnprintf() in order to avoid
> > * buffer overflows.
> > *
> > - * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
> > - * You probably want sprintf() instead.
> > + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using sprintf().
> > *
> > * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
> > */
> > --
> > 1.7.2.3
> >
> >
>
> --
> Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König |
> Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ |
>
--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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