1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index f5959476e53d..797428afd111 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -849,3 +849,26 @@ int sscanf(const char * buf, const char * fmt, ...)
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sscanf);
+
+
+/* Simplified asprintf. */
+char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+        va_list ap;
+        unsigned int len;
+        char *p;
+
+        va_start(ap, fmt);
+        len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+
+        p = kmalloc(len+1, gfp);
+        if (!p)
+                return NULL;
+        va_start(ap, fmt);
+        vsnprintf(p, len+1, fmt, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+        return p;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kasprintf);