cpumask: add cpumask_scnprintf_len function

Add a new function cpumask_scnprintf_len() to return the number of
characters needed to display "len" cpumask bits.  The current method
of allocating NR_CPUS bytes is incorrect as what's really needed is
9 characters per 32-bit word of cpumask bits (8 hex digits plus the
seperator [','] or the terminating NULL.)  This function provides the
caller the means to allocate the correct string length.

Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index acad1105d942..1dbe074f1c64 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ extern int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, int bits);
 
 extern int bitmap_scnprintf(char *buf, unsigned int len,
                         const unsigned long *src, int nbits);
+extern int bitmap_scnprintf_len(unsigned int len);
 extern int __bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen, int is_user,
                         unsigned long *dst, int nbits);
 extern int bitmap_parse_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,