Re: [PATCH v6 5/9] vsprintf: Factor out %pV handler as va_format()

[Petr Mladek]

On Fri 2019-02-08 09:11:17, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-02-08 at 16:23 +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > Move the code from the long pointer() function. We are going to improve
> > error handling that will make it more complicated.
> > 
> > This patch does not change the existing behavior.
> 
> But doesn't this increase stack use?
> %pV is recursive and increasing the stack is undesired
> for this use.

%pV handler is stack sensitive because the entire vsnprintf()
machinery is called recursively. This one extra call does
not make it much worse.

Best Regards,
Petr