For *scnprintf(), vsnprintf() is always called even if the input size is 0. That is a waste of time, so just return 0 in this case. Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index 3b8129dd374c..a65df546fb06 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -2895,13 +2895,15 @@ int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args) { int i; + if (!size) + return 0; + i = vsnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args); if (likely(i < size)) return i; - if (size != 0) - return size - 1; - return 0; + + return size - 1; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(vscnprintf); -- 2.27.0