*) switch to error message buffer in .bss *) missing va_end() (htf it worked before?) *) use vsnprintf() *) rename variables to understandable "fmt", "args". *) "const char *fmt", yes. *) add __attribute__((format ... Still, put that coffee down before reading more. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h | 3 ++- fs/hpfs/super.c | 23 +++++++++-------------- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) --- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h +++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h @@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ static inline struct hpfs_sb_info *hpfs_ /* super.c */ -void hpfs_error(struct super_block *, char *, ...); +void hpfs_error(struct super_block *, const char *, ...) + __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3))); int hpfs_stop_cycles(struct super_block *, int, int *, int *, char *); unsigned hpfs_count_one_bitmap(struct super_block *, secno); --- a/fs/hpfs/super.c +++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c @@ -46,21 +46,17 @@ static void unmark_dirty(struct super_bl } /* Filesystem error... */ +static char err_buf[1024]; -#define ERR_BUF_SIZE 1024 - -void hpfs_error(struct super_block *s, char *m,...) +void hpfs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *fmt, ...) { - char *buf; - va_list l; - va_start(l, m); - if (!(buf = kmalloc(ERR_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL))) - printk("HPFS: No memory for error message '%s'\n",m); - else if (vsprintf(buf, m, l) >= ERR_BUF_SIZE) - printk("HPFS: Grrrr... Kernel memory corrupted ... going on, but it'll crash very soon :-(\n"); - printk("HPFS: filesystem error: "); - if (buf) printk("%s", buf); - else printk("%s\n",m); + va_list args; + + va_start(args, fmt); + vsnprintf(err_buf, sizeof(err_buf), fmt, args); + va_end(args); + + printk("HPFS: filesystem error: %s", err_buf); if (!hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error) { if (hpfs_sb(s)->sb_err == 2) { printk("; crashing the system because you wanted it\n"); @@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ void hpfs_error(struct super_block *s, c } else if (s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) printk("; going on - but anything won't be destroyed because it's read-only\n"); else printk("; corrupted filesystem mounted read/write - your computer will explode within 20 seconds ... but you wanted it so!\n"); } else printk("\n"); - kfree(buf); hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error = 1; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html