---

yaml
---
r: 146222
b: refs/heads/master
c: 725c624
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6556d1df88fe68f9836beeb43342a336691cb67c
+refs/heads/master: 725c624a58a10ef90a2ff889e122158fabf36147

trunk/include/linux/trace_seq.h

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s)
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
 extern int trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern int trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 0)));
 extern int
 trace_seq_bprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, const u32 *binary);
 extern void trace_print_seq(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_seq *s);

trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c

@@ -100,6 +100,38 @@ trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_seq_printf);
 
+/**
+ * trace_seq_vprintf - sequence printing of trace information
+ * @s: trace sequence descriptor
+ * @fmt: printf format string
+ *
+ * The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
+ * copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
+ * trace_seq_printf is used to store strings into a special
+ * buffer (@s). Then the output may be either used by
+ * the sequencer or pulled into another buffer.
+ */
+int
+trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	int len = (PAGE_SIZE - 1) - s->len;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = vsnprintf(s->buffer + s->len, len, fmt, args);
+
+	/* If we can't write it all, don't bother writing anything */
+	if (ret >= len)
+		return 0;
+
+	s->len += ret;
+
+	return len;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_seq_vprintf);
+
 int trace_seq_bprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, const u32 *binary)
 {
 	int len = (PAGE_SIZE - 1) - s->len;