From 4e310fda91cb095915395f811d10b2c900c9589e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:27:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vsprintf: Change struct printf_spec.precision from s8 to s16 Commit ef0658f3de484bf9b173639cd47544584e01efa5 changed precision from int to s8. There is existing kernel code that uses a larger precision. An example from the audit code: vsnprintf(...,..., " msg='%.1024s'", (char *)data); which overflows precision and truncates to nothing. Extending precision size fixes the audit system issue. Other changes: Change the size of the struct printf_spec.type from u16 to u8 so sizeof(struct printf_spec) stays as small as possible. Reorder the struct members so sizeof(struct printf_spec) remains 64 bits without alignment holes. Document the struct members a bit more. Original-patch-by: Eric Paris Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Tested-by: Justin P. Mattock Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Reading git-format-patch failed