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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/trace_seq.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/trace_seq.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/trace_seq.h b/include/linux/trace_seq.h index 85d37106be3d..cfaf5a1d4bad 100644 --- a/include/linux/trace_seq.h +++ b/include/linux/trace_seq.h @@ -24,6 +24,24 @@ trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s) } /** + * trace_seq_used - amount of actual data written to buffer + * @s: trace sequence descriptor + * + * Returns the amount of data written to the buffer. + * + * IMPORTANT! + * + * Use this instead of @s->seq.len if you need to pass the amount + * of data from the buffer to another buffer (userspace, or what not). + * The @s->seq.len on overflow is bigger than the buffer size and + * using it can cause access to undefined memory. + */ +static inline int trace_seq_used(struct trace_seq *s) +{ + return seq_buf_used(&s->seq); +} + +/** * trace_seq_buffer_ptr - return pointer to next location in buffer * @s: trace sequence descriptor * @@ -35,7 +53,7 @@ trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s) static inline unsigned char * trace_seq_buffer_ptr(struct trace_seq *s) { - return s->buffer + s->seq.len; + return s->buffer + seq_buf_used(&s->seq); } /** |