cn_vprintf() looks really overcomplicated and sub-optimal. We do not need vsnprintf(NULL) to calculate the size we need, we can simply try to print into the current buffer and expand/retry only if necessary.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> --- fs/coredump.c | 28 +++++++++++----------------- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c index c10a43a..2b1d1f5 100644 --- a/fs/coredump.c +++ b/fs/coredump.c @@ -71,26 +71,20 @@ static int expand_corename(struct core_name *cn) static int cn_vprintf(struct core_name *cn, const char *fmt, va_list arg) { - char *cur; - int need; - int ret; - - need = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, arg); - if (likely(need < cn->size - cn->used - 1)) - goto out_printf; - - ret = expand_corename(cn); - if (ret) - goto expand_fail; + int free, need; + +again: + free = cn->size - cn->used; + need = vsnprintf(cn->corename + cn->used, free, fmt, arg); + if (need < free) { + cn->used += need; + return 0; + } -out_printf: - cur = cn->corename + cn->used; - vsnprintf(cur, need + 1, fmt, arg); - cn->used += need; - return 0; + if (!expand_corename(cn)) + goto again; -expand_fail: - return ret; + return -ENOMEM; } static int cn_printf(struct core_name *cn, const char *fmt, ...) -- 1.5.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/