linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] coredump: cn_vprintf() has no reason to call vsnprintf() twice

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Date:	Wed, 15 May 2013 22:12:26 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Colin Walters <walters@...bum.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>,
	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] coredump: cn_vprintf() has no reason to call
	vsnprintf() twice

cn_vprintf() looks really overcomplicated and sub-optimal.
We do not need vsnprintf(NULL) to calculate the size we
need, we can simply try to print into the current buffer
and expand/retry only if necessary.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 fs/coredump.c |   28 +++++++++++-----------------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index c10a43a..2b1d1f5 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -71,26 +71,20 @@ static int expand_corename(struct core_name *cn)
 
 static int cn_vprintf(struct core_name *cn, const char *fmt, va_list arg)
 {
-	char *cur;
-	int need;
-	int ret;
-
-	need = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, arg);
-	if (likely(need < cn->size - cn->used - 1))
-		goto out_printf;
-
-	ret = expand_corename(cn);
-	if (ret)
-		goto expand_fail;
+	int free, need;
+
+again:
+	free = cn->size - cn->used;
+	need = vsnprintf(cn->corename + cn->used, free, fmt, arg);
+	if (need < free) {
+		cn->used += need;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-out_printf:
-	cur = cn->corename + cn->used;
-	vsnprintf(cur, need + 1, fmt, arg);
-	cn->used += need;
-	return 0;
+	if (!expand_corename(cn))
+		goto again;
 
-expand_fail:
-	return ret;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int cn_printf(struct core_name *cn, const char *fmt, ...)
-- 
1.5.5.1

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