This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: hpfs-hpfs_error-remove-static-buffer-use-vsprintf-extension-pv-instead.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From a28e4b2b18ccb90df402da3f21e1a83c9d4f8ec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:47:10 -0700 Subject: hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit a28e4b2b18ccb90df402da3f21e1a83c9d4f8ec1 upstream. 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> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hpfs/super.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/fs/hpfs/super.c +++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c @@ -52,17 +52,20 @@ 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); - printk("HPFS: filesystem error: %s", err_buf); if (!hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error) { if (hpfs_sb(s)->sb_err == 2) { printk("; crashing the system because you wanted it\n"); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/hpfs-hpfs_error-remove-static-buffer-use-vsprintf-extension-pv-instead.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html