Passing spaces before e.g. an integer is usually not intended. This was suggested by Christoph in https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZIQrohcizoj4bZWx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/. Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index 9e53355c35b1d6260631868228ede1d178fe3325..665f6197f8313d653f67d7886b12c43942e058dd 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -3551,8 +3551,6 @@ int vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args) char *s = (char *)va_arg(args, char *); if (field_width == -1) field_width = SHRT_MAX; - /* first, skip leading white space in buffer */ - str = skip_spaces(str); /* now copy until next white space */ while (*str && !isspace(*str) && field_width--) @@ -3639,11 +3637,7 @@ int vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args) return num; } - /* have some sort of integer conversion. - * first, skip white space in buffer. - */ - str = skip_spaces(str); - + /* have some sort of integer conversion. */ digit = *str; if (is_sign && digit == '-') { if (field_width == 1) -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) Invisible Things Lab