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authorSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>2007-07-31 11:38:13 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-08-01 02:39:39 +0400
commit96e3e18eed3b48f6d4377dee0326a106e8a04569 (patch)
treed6e4d66ec415ffc934930f32ed62cebe403e9a29 /lib/kasprintf.c
parent9965a5d5a5aab575f995ba58dc80285aa0f6ecbf (diff)
downloadlinux-96e3e18eed3b48f6d4377dee0326a106e8a04569.tar.xz
lib: move kasprintf to a separate file
kasprintf pulls in kmalloc which proved to be fatal for at least bootimage target on alpha. Move it to a separate file so only users of kasprintf are exposed to the dependency on kmalloc. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: Jay Estabrook <jay.estabrook@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/lib/kasprintf.c b/lib/kasprintf.c
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+/*
+ * linux/lib/kasprintf.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+/* Simplified asprintf. */
+char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+ unsigned int len;
+ char *p;
+ va_list aq;
+
+ va_copy(aq, ap);
+ len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, aq);
+ va_end(aq);
+
+ p = kmalloc(len+1, gfp);
+ if (!p)
+ return NULL;
+
+ vsnprintf(p, len+1, fmt, ap);
+
+ return p;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvasprintf);
+
+char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+ char *p;
+
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ p = kvasprintf(gfp, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ return p;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kasprintf);