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 <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Tested-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 24112e5a5780..7376b7c55ffe 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -408,12 +408,12 @@ enum format_type {
 };
 
 struct printf_spec {
-        u16     type;
-        s16     field_width;    /* width of output field */
+        u8      type;           /* format_type enum */
         u8      flags;          /* flags to number() */
-        u8      base;
-        s8      precision;      /* # of digits/chars */
-        u8      qualifier;
+        u8      base;           /* number base, 8, 10 or 16 only */
+        u8      qualifier;      /* number qualifier, one of 'hHlLtzZ' */
+        s16     field_width;    /* width of output field */
+        s16     precision;      /* # of digits/chars */
 };
 
 static char *number(char *buf, char *end, unsigned long long num,