linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] xen/xenbus: Remove BUG

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 23:36:03 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3] xen/xenbus: Remove BUG_ON() when error string trucated

xenbus_va_dev_error() is for printing error, so when error string is
too long to be truncated, need not BUG_ON(), still return truncation
string is OK.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
---
 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
index aa9b2fc..ca74410 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ static char *error_path(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 static void xenbus_va_dev_error(struct xenbus_device *dev, int err,
 				const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-	int ret;
 	unsigned int len;
 	char *printf_buffer = NULL;
 	char *path_buffer = NULL;
@@ -270,9 +269,7 @@ static void xenbus_va_dev_error(struct xenbus_device *dev, int err,
 		goto fail;
 
 	len = sprintf(printf_buffer, "%i ", -err);
-	ret = vsnprintf(printf_buffer+len, PRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE-len, fmt, ap);
-
-	BUG_ON(len + ret > PRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE-1);
+	vsnprintf(printf_buffer+len, PRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE-len, fmt, ap);
 
 	dev_err(&dev->dev, "%s\n", printf_buffer);
 
-- 
1.9.3
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