1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index b8a2f549ab0e..7af9d841c43b 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -146,19 +146,16 @@ int strict_strtoul(const char *cp, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res)
 {
         char *tail;
         unsigned long val;
-        size_t len;
 
         *res = 0;
-        len = strlen(cp);
-        if (len == 0)
+        if (!*cp)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         val = simple_strtoul(cp, &tail, base);
         if (tail == cp)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        if ((*tail == '\0') ||
-                ((len == (size_t)(tail - cp) + 1) && (*tail == '\n'))) {
+        if ((tail[0] == '\0') || (tail[0] == '\n' && tail[1] == '\0')) {
                 *res = val;
                 return 0;
         }
@@ -220,18 +217,15 @@ int strict_strtoull(const char *cp, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *res)
 {
         char *tail;
         unsigned long long val;
-        size_t len;
 
         *res = 0;
-        len = strlen(cp);
-        if (len == 0)
+        if (!*cp)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         val = simple_strtoull(cp, &tail, base);
         if (tail == cp)
                 return -EINVAL;
-        if ((*tail == '\0') ||
-                ((len == (size_t)(tail - cp) + 1) && (*tail == '\n'))) {
+        if ((tail[0] == '\0') || (tail[0] == '\n' && tail[1] == '\0')) {
                 *res = val;
                 return 0;
         }
@@ -980,6 +974,11 @@ char *uuid_string(char *buf, char *end, const u8 *addr,
  *             [0][1][2][3]-[4][5]-[6][7]-[8][9]-[10][11][12][13][14][15]
  *           little endian output byte order is:
  *             [3][2][1][0]-[5][4]-[7][6]-[8][9]-[10][11][12][13][14][15]
+ * - 'V' For a struct va_format which contains a format string * and va_list *,
+ *       call vsnprintf(->format, *->va_list).
+ *       Implements a "recursive vsnprintf".
+ *       Do not use this feature without some mechanism to verify the
+ *       correctness of the format string and va_list arguments.
  *
  * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64
  * function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain a
@@ -1025,6 +1024,10 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
                 break;
         case 'U':
                 return uuid_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
+        case 'V':
+                return buf + vsnprintf(buf, end - buf,
+                                       ((struct va_format *)ptr)->fmt,
+                                       *(((struct va_format *)ptr)->va));
         }
         spec.flags |= SMALL;
         if (spec.field_width == -1) {