The patch titled Subject: fs/seq_file: use seq_* helpers in seq_hex_dump() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-seq_file-use-seq_-helpers-in-seq_hex_dump.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-seq_file-use-seq_-helpers-in-seq_hex_dump.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-seq_file-use-seq_-helpers-in-seq_hex_dump.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/seq_file: use seq_* helpers in seq_hex_dump() This improves code readability. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/seq_file.c | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/seq_file.c~fs-seq_file-use-seq_-helpers-in-seq_hex_dump fs/seq_file.c --- a/fs/seq_file.c~fs-seq_file-use-seq_-helpers-in-seq_hex_dump +++ a/fs/seq_file.c @@ -760,6 +760,8 @@ void seq_hex_dump(struct seq_file *m, co { const u8 *ptr = buf; int i, linelen, remaining = len; + char *buffer; + size_t size; int ret; if (rowsize != 16 && rowsize != 32) @@ -781,15 +783,12 @@ void seq_hex_dump(struct seq_file *m, co break; } + size = seq_get_buf(m, &buffer); ret = hex_dump_to_buffer(ptr + i, linelen, rowsize, groupsize, - m->buf + m->count, m->size - m->count, - ascii); - if (ret >= m->size - m->count) { - seq_set_overflow(m); - } else { - m->count += ret; - seq_putc(m, '\n'); - } + buffer, size, ascii); + seq_commit(m, ret < size ? ret : -1); + + seq_putc(m, '\n'); } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_hex_dump); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are fs-proc-arrayc-set-overflow-flag-in-case-of-error.patch seq_file-re-use-string_escape_str.patch fs-seq_file-use-seq_-helpers-in-seq_hex_dump.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html