linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 24/27] tracing: Remove use of seq

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Date:	Sun, 22 Feb 2015 04:41:44 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/27] tracing: Remove use of seq_printf return value

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 10:54:09PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:53:51 -0800
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> 
> > The seq_printf return value, because it's frequently misused,
> > will eventually be converted to void.
> > 
> > See: commit 1f33c41c03da ("seq_file: Rename seq_overflow() to
> >      seq_has_overflowed() and make public")
> > 
> > Miscellanea:
> > 
> > o Remove unused return value from trace_lookup_stack
> 
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

FWIW, this one should be Cc:stable - it's a plain and simple bugfix
(so are all of those that used to return the result of seq_printf() from
->show()).
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