Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] seq_putc: Convert to return void and convert uses too.

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Wed Nov 12 2014 - 07:27:15 EST


On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 02:47:40PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Mon 2014-11-10 10:58:57, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Using the return value of seq_putc is error-prone, so
> > make it return void instead.
> >
> > Reverse the logic in seq_putc to make it like seq_puts.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxx>
>
> The changes are correct. The show() functions should return 0
> even when there is an overflow. They are called by traverse()
> from seq_read() that might increase the buffer size and try again.

Just in case you need this for the netfilter chunks:

Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.
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