linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] lib/vsprintf: Improve vsprintf + sprintf function comments

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Message-Id: <03A68F34-E2D1-4687-874E-8D976406BF72@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 11:20:32 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
 Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
 Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] lib/vsprintf: Improve vsprintf + sprintf function
 comments

On 3. Nov 2025, at 10:42, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 10:09:13AM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>> Clarify that the return values of vsprintf() and sprintf() exclude the
>> trailing NUL character.
> 
> I dunno if we need this clarification, but I'm not against it either, FWIW,
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> if it helps somebody.

Thanks. It would have helped me :)