1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 926c7e00e2dc..f569feb7662e 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -511,6 +511,16 @@ static char *string(char *buf, char *end, char *s, int field_width, int precisio
         return buf;
 }
 
+static char *pointer(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, int field_width, int precision, int flags)
+{
+        flags |= SMALL;
+        if (field_width == -1) {
+                field_width = 2*sizeof(void *);
+                flags |= ZEROPAD;
+        }
+        return number(buf, end, (unsigned long) ptr, 16, field_width, precision, flags);
+}
+
 /**
  * vsnprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
  * @buf: The buffer to place the result into
@@ -653,17 +663,9 @@ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
                                 continue;
 
                         case 'p':
-                                flags |= SMALL;
-                                if (field_width == -1) {
-                                        field_width = 2*sizeof(void *);
-                                        flags |= ZEROPAD;
-                                }
-                                str = number(str, end,
-                                                (unsigned long) va_arg(args, void *),
-                                                16, field_width, precision, flags);
+                                str = pointer(str, end, va_arg(args, void *), field_width, precision, flags);
                                 continue;
 
-
                         case 'n':
                                 /* FIXME:
                                 * What does C99 say about the overflow case here? */