linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] tools/lib/traceevent: Changed return logic of trace_seq_printf() and trace_seq

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Date:   Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:08:10 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] tools/lib/traceevent: Changed return logic of trace_seq_printf() and
 trace_seq_vprintf() APIs

From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@...are.com>

In order to make libtraceevent into a proper library, its API
should be straightforward. The trace_seq_printf() and
trace_seq_vprintf() APIs have inconsistent returned values with
the other trace_seq_* APIs. This path changes the return logic of
trace_seq_printf() and trace_seq_vprintf() - to return the number
of printed characters, as the other trace_seq_* related APIs.

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@...are.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
index 8ff1d55954d1..8d5ecd2bf877 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ static void expand_buffer(struct trace_seq *s)
  * @fmt: printf format string
  *
  * It returns 0 if the trace oversizes the buffer's free
- * space, 1 otherwise.
+ * space, the number of characters printed, or a negative
+ * value in case of an error.
  *
  * The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
  * copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
@@ -129,9 +130,10 @@ trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
 		goto try_again;
 	}
 
-	s->len += ret;
+	if (ret > 0)
+		s->len += ret;
 
-	return 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -139,6 +141,10 @@ trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
  * @s: trace sequence descriptor
  * @fmt: printf format string
  *
+ * It returns 0 if the trace oversizes the buffer's free
+ * space, the number of characters printed, or a negative
+ * value in case of an error.
+ * *
  * The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
  * copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
  * trace_seq_printf is used to store strings into a special
@@ -163,9 +169,10 @@ trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 		goto try_again;
 	}
 
-	s->len += ret;
+	if (ret > 0)
+		s->len += ret;
 
-	return len;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
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