[PATCH v2] lib: fix scnprintf() if @size is == 0

From: Changli Gao
Date: Tue Aug 24 2010 - 21:41:28 EST


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

Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: use if to improve readability and add likely()
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 7af9d84..f9c327a 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -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);

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