Add kvasprintf()
Add a kvasprintf() function to complement kasprintf().
No in-tree users yet, but I have some coming up.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: EXPORT it]
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 9ddf25c..e2f41b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 0)));
extern char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...)
__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
extern int sscanf(const char *, const char *, ...)
__attribute__ ((format (scanf, 2, 3)));
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index b025864..cbab1df 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -851,23 +851,35 @@
/* Simplified asprintf. */
-char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...)
+char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
- va_list ap;
unsigned int len;
char *p;
+ va_list aq;
- va_start(ap, fmt);
- len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap);
- va_end(ap);
+ va_copy(aq, ap);
+ len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, aq);
+ va_end(aq);
p = kmalloc(len+1, gfp);
if (!p)
return NULL;
- va_start(ap, fmt);
+
vsnprintf(p, len+1, fmt, ap);
- va_end(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);