From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:47:10 -0700 Removing unnecessary static buffers is good. Use the vsprintf %pV extension instead. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v2.6.36+ --- fs/hpfs/super.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux-4.1/fs/hpfs/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-4.1.orig/fs/hpfs/super.c 2015-06-22 21:28:15.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-4.1/fs/hpfs/super.c 2015-06-22 21:28:25.000000000 +0200 @@ -53,17 +53,20 @@ static void unmark_dirty(struct super_bl } /* Filesystem error... */ -static char err_buf[1024]; - void hpfs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *fmt, ...) { + struct va_format vaf; va_list args; va_start(args, fmt); - vsnprintf(err_buf, sizeof(err_buf), fmt, args); + + vaf.fmt = fmt; + vaf.va = &args; + + pr_err("filesystem error: %pV", &vaf); + va_end(args); - pr_err("filesystem error: %s", err_buf); if (!hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error) { if (hpfs_sb(s)->sb_err == 2) { pr_cont("; crashing the system because you wanted it\n"); -- 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