From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:45379 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751685AbbGaTh6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:37:58 -0400 Subject: Patch "hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead" has been added to the 3.14-stable tree To: joe@perches.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, mikulas@twibright.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: , From: Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:37:55 -0700 Message-ID: <14383714757147@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead to the 3.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: hpfs-hpfs_error-remove-static-buffer-use-vsprintf-extension-pv-instead.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From a28e4b2b18ccb90df402da3f21e1a83c9d4f8ec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:47:10 -0700 Subject: hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead From: Joe Perches commit a28e4b2b18ccb90df402da3f21e1a83c9d4f8ec1 upstream. Removing unnecessary static buffers is good. Use the vsprintf %pV extension instead. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/hpfs/super.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/fs/hpfs/super.c +++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c @@ -52,17 +52,20 @@ static void unmark_dirty(struct super_bl } /* 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"); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from joe@perches.com are queue-3.14/hpfs-hpfs_error-remove-static-buffer-use-vsprintf-extension-pv-instead.patch