If we're given a size of 0, the vsnprintf() won't have any side effects, and neither "i < size" or "size != 0" will trigger. So we might as well return 0 immediately.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <[email protected]> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index 8af5535fd738..e22a6189548f 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -2036,13 +2036,14 @@ int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args) { int i; + if (unlikely(!size)) + return 0; + i = vsnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args); if (likely(i < size)) return i; - if (size != 0) - return size - 1; - return 0; + return size - 1; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(vscnprintf); -- 2.6.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

