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lib: fix scnprintf() if @size is == 0

PATCH New Changli Gao 1 participant 1 message Aug 25, 2010

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PATCH v2 1/1 lib: fix scnprintf() if @size is == 0

scnprintf() should return 0 if @size is == 0. Update the comment for it, as @size is unsigned.

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v2: use if to improve readability and add likely()

 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
lib/vsprintf.c +6 -2
index 7af9d84..f9c327a 100644
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(snprintf);
  * @...: Arguments for the format string
  *
  * The return value is the number of characters written into @buf not including
- * the trailing '\0'. If @size is <= 0 the function returns 0.
+ * the trailing '\0'. If @size is == 0 the function returns 0.
  */
 
 int scnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -1509,7 +1509,11 @@ int scnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
 	i = vsnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	return (i >= size) ? (size - 1) : i;
+	if (likely(i < size))
+		return i;
+	if (size != 0)
+		return size - 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scnprintf);