On Fri 2014-11-14 23:58:59, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <[email protected]>
> 
> The trace_seq_printf() and friends are used to store strings into a buffer
> that can be passed around from function to function. If the trace_seq buffer
> fills up, it will not print any more. The return values were somewhat
> inconsistant and using trace_seq_has_overflowed() was a better way to know
> if the write to the trace_seq buffer succeeded or not.
> 
> Now that all users have removed reading the return value of the printf()
> type functions, they can safely return void and keep future users of them
> from reading the inconsistent values as well.
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <[email protected]>

Best Regards,
Petr
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