[added to the 3.18 stable tree] hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead

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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

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[ Upstream commit a28e4b2b18ccb90df402da3f21e1a83c9d4f8ec1 ]

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+
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/hpfs/super.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 7cd00d3..f445d15 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -52,17 +52,20 @@ static void unmark_dirty(struct super_block *s)
 }
 
 /* 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");
-- 
2.1.4

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