linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.4 008/107] hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead

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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:05:02 +0800
From:	lizf@...nel.org
To:	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...bright.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.4 008/107] hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

3.4.111-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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commit a28e4b2b18ccb90df402da3f21e1a83c9d4f8ec1 upstream.

Removing unnecessary static buffers is good.
Use the vsprintf %pV extension instead.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...bright.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
[Mikulas:
 - The bug corrected by the patch is - if hpfs_error is called concurrently
   on multiple filesystems, it could corrupt the string because the text
   buffer is shared. That's why I marked the patch for stable.]
[lizf: Backported to 3.4: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
---
 fs/hpfs/super.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 0b990b2..efc1823 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -52,17 +52,20 @@ static void unmark_dirty(struct super_block *s)
 }
 
 /* Filesystem error... */
-static char err_buf[1024];
-
 void hpfs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	struct va_format vaf;
 	va_list args;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vsnprintf(err_buf, sizeof(err_buf), fmt, args);
+
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
+
+	pr_err("filesystem error: %pV", &vaf);
+
 	va_end(args);
 
-	printk("HPFS: filesystem error: %s", err_buf);
 	if (!hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error) {
 		if (hpfs_sb(s)->sb_err == 2) {
 			printk("; crashing the system because you wanted it\n");
-- 
1.9.1