From ba1835eb30a80a0e8a1c33724735f3a99a957cff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Uwe=20Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 07:49:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vsprintf: make comment about vs{n,cn,}printf more understandable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit "You probably want ... instead." sounds like a recommendation better not to use the v... functions. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- lib/vsprintf.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index d3023df8477f..bba9caa375d0 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -1301,8 +1301,7 @@ qualifier: * return is greater than or equal to @size, the resulting * string is truncated. * - * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list. - * You probably want snprintf() instead. + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using snprintf(). */ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args) { @@ -1476,8 +1475,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsnprintf); * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is == 0 the function * returns 0. * - * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list. - * You probably want scnprintf() instead. + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using scnprintf(). * * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99. */ @@ -1556,8 +1554,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scnprintf); * into @buf. Use vsnprintf() or vscnprintf() in order to avoid * buffer overflows. * - * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list. - * You probably want sprintf() instead. + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using sprintf(). * * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99. */