linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] lib/vsprintf: Split out sprintf() and friends

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Message-Id: <20230805114304.001f8afe1d325dbb6f05d67e@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Sat, 5 Aug 2023 11:43:04 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] lib/vsprintf: Split out sprintf() and friends

On Sat,  5 Aug 2023 20:50:26 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> kernel.h is being used as a dump for all kinds of stuff for a long time.
> sprintf() and friends are used in many drivers without need of the full
> kernel.h dependency train with it.

There seems little point in this unless someone signs up to convert
lots of code to include sprintf.h instead of kernel.h?

And such conversions will presumably cause all sorts of nasties
which require additional work?

So... what's the plan here?