[for-next][PATCH] vsnprintf: Remove unused 'bprintf'

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sun Dec 01 2024 - 08:11:50 EST



vsnprintf: Removal of bprintf()

- Remove unused bprintf() function

bprintf() was added with the rest of the "bin-printf" functions.
These are functions that are used by trace_printk() that allows to
quickly save the format and arguments into the ring buffer without
the expensive processing of converting numbers to ASCII. Then on
output, at a much later time, the ring buffer is read and the string
processing occurs then. The bprintf() was added for consistency but
was never used. It can be safely removed.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
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Head SHA1: f69e63756f7822fcdad8a34f9967e8b243e883ee


Dr. David Alan Gilbert (1):
printf: Remove unused 'bprintf'

----
include/linux/string.h | 1 -
lib/vsprintf.c | 23 -----------------------
2 files changed, 24 deletions(-)
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commit f69e63756f7822fcdad8a34f9967e8b243e883ee
Author: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Oct 2 18:31:47 2024 +0100

printf: Remove unused 'bprintf'

bprintf() is unused. Remove it. It was added in the commit 4370aa4aa753
("vsprintf: add binary printf") but as far as I can see was never used,
unlike the other two functions in that patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20241002173147.210107-1-linux@xxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 0dd27afcfaf7..493ac4862c77 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *s);
#ifdef CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF
int vbin_printf(u32 *bin_buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
int bstr_printf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, const u32 *bin_buf);
-int bprintf(u32 *bin_buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) __printf(3, 4);
#endif

extern ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 6ac02bbb7df1..9d3dac38a3f4 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -3428,29 +3428,6 @@ int bstr_printf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, const u32 *bin_buf)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bstr_printf);

-/**
- * bprintf - Parse a format string and place args' binary value in a buffer
- * @bin_buf: The buffer to place args' binary value
- * @size: The size of the buffer(by words(32bits), not characters)
- * @fmt: The format string to use
- * @...: Arguments for the format string
- *
- * The function returns the number of words(u32) written
- * into @bin_buf.
- */
-int bprintf(u32 *bin_buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
- va_list args;
- int ret;
-
- va_start(args, fmt);
- ret = vbin_printf(bin_buf, size, fmt, args);
- va_end(args);
-
- return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bprintf);
-
#endif /* CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF */

/**