seq_buf: Add seq_buf_terminate() API

In the case that the seq_buf buffer needs to be printed directly, add a way
to make sure that the buffer is safe to read by forcing a nul terminating
character at the end of the string, or the last byte of the buffer if the
string has overflowed.
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
parent 5013f454
......@@ -71,6 +71,31 @@ static inline unsigned int seq_buf_used(struct seq_buf *s)
return min(s->len, s->size);
}
/**
* seq_buf_terminate - Make sure buffer is nul terminated
* @s: the seq_buf descriptor to terminate.
*
* This makes sure that the buffer in @s is nul terminated and
* safe to read as a string.
*
* Note, if this is called when the buffer has overflowed, then
* the last byte of the buffer is zeroed, and the len will still
* point passed it.
*
* After this function is called, s->buffer is safe to use
* in string operations.
*/
static inline void seq_buf_terminate(struct seq_buf *s)
{
if (WARN_ON(s->size == 0))
return;
if (seq_buf_buffer_left(s))
s->buffer[s->len] = 0;
else
s->buffer[s->size - 1] = 0;
}
/**
* seq_buf_get_buf - get buffer to write arbitrary data to
* @s: the seq_buf handle
......
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