OK, in a side discussion, Sage convinced me that since the only user of this function would be ceph_extract_encoded_string() (introduced in the next patch), and that under normal circumstances that function most likely implements the most likely legitimate use of this function, there is really no need for this function to stand by itself. So I'm retracting this patch, and am re-posting the next one, which open-codes the functionality of ceph_decode_string() directly inside ceph_extract_encoded_string(). -Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html