The patch titled gcov: seq_file: add function to write binary data has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is seq_file-add-function-to-write-binary-data.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 *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: gcov: seq_file: add function to write binary data From: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@xxxxxxxxxx> seq_write() can be used to construct seq_files containing arbitrary data. Required by the gcov-profiling interface to synthesize binary profiling data files. Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/seq_file.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/seq_file.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/seq_file.c~seq_file-add-function-to-write-binary-data fs/seq_file.c --- a/fs/seq_file.c~seq_file-add-function-to-write-binary-data +++ a/fs/seq_file.c @@ -554,6 +554,26 @@ int seq_puts(struct seq_file *m, const c } EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_puts); +/** + * seq_write - write arbitrary data to buffer + * @seq: seq_file identifying the buffer to which data should be written + * @data: data address + * @len: number of bytes + * + * Return 0 on success, non-zero otherwise. + */ +int seq_write(struct seq_file *seq, const void *data, size_t len) +{ + if (seq->count + len < seq->size) { + memcpy(seq->buf + seq->count, data, len); + seq->count += len; + return 0; + } + seq->count = seq->size; + return -1; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_write); + struct list_head *seq_list_start(struct list_head *head, loff_t pos) { struct list_head *lh; diff -puN include/linux/seq_file.h~seq_file-add-function-to-write-binary-data include/linux/seq_file.h --- a/include/linux/seq_file.h~seq_file-add-function-to-write-binary-data +++ a/include/linux/seq_file.h @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int seq_release(struct inode *, struct f int seq_escape(struct seq_file *, const char *, const char *); int seq_putc(struct seq_file *m, char c); int seq_puts(struct seq_file *m, const char *s); +int seq_write(struct seq_file *seq, const void *data, size_t len); int seq_printf(struct seq_file *, const char *, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf,2,3))); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from peter.oberparleiter@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch kernel-call-constructors.patch kernel-introduce-gcc_version_lower-macro.patch seq_file-add-function-to-write-binary-data.patch gcov-add-gcov-profiling-infrastructure.patch gcov-create-links-to-gcda-files-in-build-directory.patch gcov-architecture-specific-compile-flag-adjustments.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