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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
index 8ff1d55954d1..8d5ecd2bf877 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ static void expand_buffer(struct trace_seq *s)
* @fmt: printf format string
*
* It returns 0 if the trace oversizes the buffer's free
- * space, 1 otherwise.
+ * space, the number of characters printed, or a negative
+ * value in case of an error.
*
* The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
* copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
@@ -129,9 +130,10 @@ trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
goto try_again;
}
- s->len += ret;
+ if (ret > 0)
+ s->len += ret;
- return 1;
+ return ret;
}
/**
@@ -139,6 +141,10 @@ trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
* @s: trace sequence descriptor
* @fmt: printf format string
*
+ * It returns 0 if the trace oversizes the buffer's free
+ * space, the number of characters printed, or a negative
+ * value in case of an error.
+ * *
* The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
* copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
* trace_seq_printf is used to store strings into a special
@@ -163,9 +169,10 @@ trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args)
goto try_again;
}
- s->len += ret;
+ if (ret > 0)
+ s->len += ret;
- return len;
+ return ret;
}
/**