From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" Add a helper function seq_buf_clear() that resets the len and readpos fields of a seq_buf. Currently it is only used in the seq_buf_init() but will be used later when updating the seq_file code. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141104160222.352309995@goodmis.org Tested-by: Jiri Kosina Acked-by: Jiri Kosina Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- include/linux/seq_buf.h | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/seq_buf.h b/include/linux/seq_buf.h index d14dc9023dde..5d91262433e2 100644 --- a/include/linux/seq_buf.h +++ b/include/linux/seq_buf.h @@ -22,13 +22,18 @@ struct seq_buf { loff_t readpos; }; +static inline void seq_buf_clear(struct seq_buf *s) +{ + s->len = 0; + s->readpos = 0; +} + static inline void seq_buf_init(struct seq_buf *s, unsigned char *buf, unsigned int size) { s->buffer = buf; s->size = size; - s->len = 0; - s->readpos = 0; + seq_buf_clear(s); } /* -- 2.1.1 -- 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/