Initial import of modified Linux 2.6.28 tree

Original upstream URL:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git | branch linux-2.6.28.y

1 files changed, 1221 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
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+/*
+ *  linux/lib/vsprintf.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
+ */
+
+/* vsprintf.c -- Lars Wirzenius & Linus Torvalds. */
+/*
+ * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-)
+ */
+
+/* 
+ * Fri Jul 13 2001 Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher+kernel@datastacks.com>
+ * - changed to provide snprintf and vsnprintf functions
+ * So Feb  1 16:51:32 CET 2004 Juergen Quade <quade@hsnr.de>
+ * - scnprintf and vscnprintf
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/ioport.h>
+
+#include <asm/page.h>		/* for PAGE_SIZE */
+#include <asm/div64.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>	/* for dereference_function_descriptor() */
+
+/* Works only for digits and letters, but small and fast */
+#define TOLOWER(x) ((x) | 0x20)
+
+static unsigned int simple_guess_base(const char *cp)
+{
+	if (cp[0] == '0') {
+		if (TOLOWER(cp[1]) == 'x' && isxdigit(cp[2]))
+			return 16;
+		else
+			return 8;
+	} else {
+		return 10;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * simple_strtoul - convert a string to an unsigned long
+ * @cp: The start of the string
+ * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ */
+unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
+{
+	unsigned long result = 0;
+
+	if (!base)
+		base = simple_guess_base(cp);
+
+	if (base == 16 && cp[0] == '0' && TOLOWER(cp[1]) == 'x')
+		cp += 2;
+
+	while (isxdigit(*cp)) {
+		unsigned int value;
+
+		value = isdigit(*cp) ? *cp - '0' : TOLOWER(*cp) - 'a' + 10;
+		if (value >= base)
+			break;
+		result = result * base + value;
+		cp++;
+	}
+
+	if (endp)
+		*endp = (char *)cp;
+	return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtoul);
+
+/**
+ * simple_strtol - convert a string to a signed long
+ * @cp: The start of the string
+ * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ */
+long simple_strtol(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
+{
+	if(*cp == '-')
+		return -simple_strtoul(cp + 1, endp, base);
+	return simple_strtoul(cp, endp, base);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtol);
+
+/**
+ * simple_strtoull - convert a string to an unsigned long long
+ * @cp: The start of the string
+ * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ */
+unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
+{
+	unsigned long long result = 0;
+
+	if (!base)
+		base = simple_guess_base(cp);
+
+	if (base == 16 && cp[0] == '0' && TOLOWER(cp[1]) == 'x')
+		cp += 2;
+
+	while (isxdigit(*cp)) {
+		unsigned int value;
+
+		value = isdigit(*cp) ? *cp - '0' : TOLOWER(*cp) - 'a' + 10;
+		if (value >= base)
+			break;
+		result = result * base + value;
+		cp++;
+	}
+
+	if (endp)
+		*endp = (char *)cp;
+	return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtoull);
+
+/**
+ * simple_strtoll - convert a string to a signed long long
+ * @cp: The start of the string
+ * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ */
+long long simple_strtoll(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
+{
+	if(*cp=='-')
+		return -simple_strtoull(cp + 1, endp, base);
+	return simple_strtoull(cp, endp, base);
+}
+
+/**
+ * strict_strtoul - convert a string to an unsigned long strictly
+ * @cp: The string to be converted
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ * @res: The converted result value
+ *
+ * strict_strtoul converts a string to an unsigned long only if the
+ * string is really an unsigned long string, any string containing
+ * any invalid char at the tail will be rejected and -EINVAL is returned,
+ * only a newline char at the tail is acceptible because people generally
+ * change a module parameter in the following way:
+ *
+ * 	echo 1024 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak
+ *
+ * echo will append a newline to the tail.
+ *
+ * It returns 0 if conversion is successful and *res is set to the converted
+ * value, otherwise it returns -EINVAL and *res is set to 0.
+ *
+ * simple_strtoul just ignores the successive invalid characters and
+ * return the converted value of prefix part of the string.
+ */
+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)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	val = simple_strtoul(cp, &tail, base);
+	if ((*tail == '\0') ||
+		((len == (size_t)(tail - cp) + 1) && (*tail == '\n'))) {
+		*res = val;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strict_strtoul);
+
+/**
+ * strict_strtol - convert a string to a long strictly
+ * @cp: The string to be converted
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ * @res: The converted result value
+ *
+ * strict_strtol is similiar to strict_strtoul, but it allows the first
+ * character of a string is '-'.
+ *
+ * It returns 0 if conversion is successful and *res is set to the converted
+ * value, otherwise it returns -EINVAL and *res is set to 0.
+ */
+int strict_strtol(const char *cp, unsigned int base, long *res)
+{
+	int ret;
+	if (*cp == '-') {
+		ret = strict_strtoul(cp + 1, base, (unsigned long *)res);
+		if (!ret)
+			*res = -(*res);
+	} else {
+		ret = strict_strtoul(cp, base, (unsigned long *)res);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strict_strtol);
+
+/**
+ * strict_strtoull - convert a string to an unsigned long long strictly
+ * @cp: The string to be converted
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ * @res: The converted result value
+ *
+ * strict_strtoull converts a string to an unsigned long long only if the
+ * string is really an unsigned long long string, any string containing
+ * any invalid char at the tail will be rejected and -EINVAL is returned,
+ * only a newline char at the tail is acceptible because people generally
+ * change a module parameter in the following way:
+ *
+ * 	echo 1024 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak
+ *
+ * echo will append a newline to the tail of the string.
+ *
+ * It returns 0 if conversion is successful and *res is set to the converted
+ * value, otherwise it returns -EINVAL and *res is set to 0.
+ *
+ * simple_strtoull just ignores the successive invalid characters and
+ * return the converted value of prefix part of the string.
+ */
+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)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	val = simple_strtoull(cp, &tail, base);
+	if ((*tail == '\0') ||
+		((len == (size_t)(tail - cp) + 1) && (*tail == '\n'))) {
+		*res = val;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strict_strtoull);
+
+/**
+ * strict_strtoll - convert a string to a long long strictly
+ * @cp: The string to be converted
+ * @base: The number base to use
+ * @res: The converted result value
+ *
+ * strict_strtoll is similiar to strict_strtoull, but it allows the first
+ * character of a string is '-'.
+ *
+ * It returns 0 if conversion is successful and *res is set to the converted
+ * value, otherwise it returns -EINVAL and *res is set to 0.
+ */
+int strict_strtoll(const char *cp, unsigned int base, long long *res)
+{
+	int ret;
+	if (*cp == '-') {
+		ret = strict_strtoull(cp + 1, base, (unsigned long long *)res);
+		if (!ret)
+			*res = -(*res);
+	} else {
+		ret = strict_strtoull(cp, base, (unsigned long long *)res);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strict_strtoll);
+
+static int skip_atoi(const char **s)
+{
+	int i=0;
+
+	while (isdigit(**s))
+		i = i*10 + *((*s)++) - '0';
+	return i;
+}
+
+/* Decimal conversion is by far the most typical, and is used
+ * for /proc and /sys data. This directly impacts e.g. top performance
+ * with many processes running. We optimize it for speed
+ * using code from
+ * http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/bcd/decimal.html
+ * (with permission from the author, Douglas W. Jones). */
+
+/* Formats correctly any integer in [0,99999].
+ * Outputs from one to five digits depending on input.
+ * On i386 gcc 4.1.2 -O2: ~250 bytes of code. */
+static char* put_dec_trunc(char *buf, unsigned q)
+{
+	unsigned d3, d2, d1, d0;
+	d1 = (q>>4) & 0xf;
+	d2 = (q>>8) & 0xf;
+	d3 = (q>>12);
+
+	d0 = 6*(d3 + d2 + d1) + (q & 0xf);
+	q = (d0 * 0xcd) >> 11;
+	d0 = d0 - 10*q;
+	*buf++ = d0 + '0'; /* least significant digit */
+	d1 = q + 9*d3 + 5*d2 + d1;
+	if (d1 != 0) {
+		q = (d1 * 0xcd) >> 11;
+		d1 = d1 - 10*q;
+		*buf++ = d1 + '0'; /* next digit */
+
+		d2 = q + 2*d2;
+		if ((d2 != 0) || (d3 != 0)) {
+			q = (d2 * 0xd) >> 7;
+			d2 = d2 - 10*q;
+			*buf++ = d2 + '0'; /* next digit */
+
+			d3 = q + 4*d3;
+			if (d3 != 0) {
+				q = (d3 * 0xcd) >> 11;
+				d3 = d3 - 10*q;
+				*buf++ = d3 + '0';  /* next digit */
+				if (q != 0)
+					*buf++ = q + '0';  /* most sign. digit */
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
+/* Same with if's removed. Always emits five digits */
+static char* put_dec_full(char *buf, unsigned q)
+{
+	/* BTW, if q is in [0,9999], 8-bit ints will be enough, */
+	/* but anyway, gcc produces better code with full-sized ints */
+	unsigned d3, d2, d1, d0;
+	d1 = (q>>4) & 0xf;
+	d2 = (q>>8) & 0xf;
+	d3 = (q>>12);
+
+	/* Possible ways to approx. divide by 10 */
+	/* gcc -O2 replaces multiply with shifts and adds */
+	// (x * 0xcd) >> 11: 11001101 - shorter code than * 0x67 (on i386)
+	// (x * 0x67) >> 10:  1100111
+	// (x * 0x34) >> 9:    110100 - same
+	// (x * 0x1a) >> 8:     11010 - same
+	// (x * 0x0d) >> 7:      1101 - same, shortest code (on i386)
+
+	d0 = 6*(d3 + d2 + d1) + (q & 0xf);
+	q = (d0 * 0xcd) >> 11;
+	d0 = d0 - 10*q;
+	*buf++ = d0 + '0';
+	d1 = q + 9*d3 + 5*d2 + d1;
+		q = (d1 * 0xcd) >> 11;
+		d1 = d1 - 10*q;
+		*buf++ = d1 + '0';
+
+		d2 = q + 2*d2;
+			q = (d2 * 0xd) >> 7;
+			d2 = d2 - 10*q;
+			*buf++ = d2 + '0';
+
+			d3 = q + 4*d3;
+				q = (d3 * 0xcd) >> 11; /* - shorter code */
+				/* q = (d3 * 0x67) >> 10; - would also work */
+				d3 = d3 - 10*q;
+				*buf++ = d3 + '0';
+					*buf++ = q + '0';
+	return buf;
+}
+/* No inlining helps gcc to use registers better */
+static noinline char* put_dec(char *buf, unsigned long long num)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		unsigned rem;
+		if (num < 100000)
+			return put_dec_trunc(buf, num);
+		rem = do_div(num, 100000);
+		buf = put_dec_full(buf, rem);
+	}
+}
+
+#define ZEROPAD	1		/* pad with zero */
+#define SIGN	2		/* unsigned/signed long */
+#define PLUS	4		/* show plus */
+#define SPACE	8		/* space if plus */
+#define LEFT	16		/* left justified */
+#define SMALL	32		/* Must be 32 == 0x20 */
+#define SPECIAL	64		/* 0x */
+
+static char *number(char *buf, char *end, unsigned long long num, int base, int size, int precision, int type)
+{
+	/* we are called with base 8, 10 or 16, only, thus don't need "G..."  */
+	static const char digits[16] = "0123456789ABCDEF"; /* "GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; */
+
+	char tmp[66];
+	char sign;
+	char locase;
+	int need_pfx = ((type & SPECIAL) && base != 10);
+	int i;
+
+	/* locase = 0 or 0x20. ORing digits or letters with 'locase'
+	 * produces same digits or (maybe lowercased) letters */
+	locase = (type & SMALL);
+	if (type & LEFT)
+		type &= ~ZEROPAD;
+	sign = 0;
+	if (type & SIGN) {
+		if ((signed long long) num < 0) {
+			sign = '-';
+			num = - (signed long long) num;
+			size--;
+		} else if (type & PLUS) {
+			sign = '+';
+			size--;
+		} else if (type & SPACE) {
+			sign = ' ';
+			size--;
+		}
+	}
+	if (need_pfx) {
+		size--;
+		if (base == 16)
+			size--;
+	}
+
+	/* generate full string in tmp[], in reverse order */
+	i = 0;
+	if (num == 0)
+		tmp[i++] = '0';
+	/* Generic code, for any base:
+	else do {
+		tmp[i++] = (digits[do_div(num,base)] | locase);
+	} while (num != 0);
+	*/
+	else if (base != 10) { /* 8 or 16 */
+		int mask = base - 1;
+		int shift = 3;
+		if (base == 16) shift = 4;
+		do {
+			tmp[i++] = (digits[((unsigned char)num) & mask] | locase);
+			num >>= shift;
+		} while (num);
+	} else { /* base 10 */
+		i = put_dec(tmp, num) - tmp;
+	}
+
+	/* printing 100 using %2d gives "100", not "00" */
+	if (i > precision)
+		precision = i;
+	/* leading space padding */
+	size -= precision;
+	if (!(type & (ZEROPAD+LEFT))) {
+		while(--size >= 0) {
+			if (buf < end)
+				*buf = ' ';
+			++buf;
+		}
+	}
+	/* sign */
+	if (sign) {
+		if (buf < end)
+			*buf = sign;
+		++buf;
+	}
+	/* "0x" / "0" prefix */
+	if (need_pfx) {
+		if (buf < end)
+			*buf = '0';
+		++buf;
+		if (base == 16) {
+			if (buf < end)
+				*buf = ('X' | locase);
+			++buf;
+		}
+	}
+	/* zero or space padding */
+	if (!(type & LEFT)) {
+		char c = (type & ZEROPAD) ? '0' : ' ';
+		while (--size >= 0) {
+			if (buf < end)
+				*buf = c;
+			++buf;
+		}
+	}
+	/* hmm even more zero padding? */
+	while (i <= --precision) {
+		if (buf < end)
+			*buf = '0';
+		++buf;
+	}
+	/* actual digits of result */
+	while (--i >= 0) {
+		if (buf < end)
+			*buf = tmp[i];
+		++buf;
+	}
+	/* trailing space padding */
+	while (--size >= 0) {
+		if (buf < end)
+			*buf = ' ';
+		++buf;
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
+
+static char *string(char *buf, char *end, char *s, int field_width, int precision, int flags)
+{
+	int len, i;
+
+	if ((unsigned long)s < PAGE_SIZE)
+		s = "<NULL>";
+
+	len = strnlen(s, precision);
+
+	if (!(flags & LEFT)) {
+		while (len < field_width--) {
+			if (buf < end)
+				*buf = ' ';
+			++buf;
+		}
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+		if (buf < end)
+			*buf = *s;
+		++buf; ++s;
+	}
+	while (len < field_width--) {
+		if (buf < end)
+			*buf = ' ';
+		++buf;
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
+
+static char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, int field_width, int precision, int flags)
+{
+	unsigned long value = (unsigned long) ptr;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
+	char sym[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
+	sprint_symbol(sym, value);
+	return string(buf, end, sym, field_width, precision, flags);
+#else
+	field_width = 2*sizeof(void *);
+	flags |= SPECIAL | SMALL | ZEROPAD;
+	return number(buf, end, value, 16, field_width, precision, flags);
+#endif
+}
+
+static char *resource_string(char *buf, char *end, struct resource *res, int field_width, int precision, int flags)
+{
+#ifndef IO_RSRC_PRINTK_SIZE
+#define IO_RSRC_PRINTK_SIZE	4
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MEM_RSRC_PRINTK_SIZE
+#define MEM_RSRC_PRINTK_SIZE	8
+#endif
+
+	/* room for the actual numbers, the two "0x", -, [, ] and the final zero */
+	char sym[4*sizeof(resource_size_t) + 8];
+	char *p = sym, *pend = sym + sizeof(sym);
+	int size = -1;
+
+	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO)
+		size = IO_RSRC_PRINTK_SIZE;
+	else if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM)
+		size = MEM_RSRC_PRINTK_SIZE;
+
+	*p++ = '[';
+	p = number(p, pend, res->start, 16, size, -1, SPECIAL | SMALL | ZEROPAD);
+	*p++ = '-';
+	p = number(p, pend, res->end, 16, size, -1, SPECIAL | SMALL | ZEROPAD);
+	*p++ = ']';
+	*p = 0;
+
+	return string(buf, end, sym, field_width, precision, flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Show a '%p' thing.  A kernel extension is that the '%p' is followed
+ * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format
+ * specifiers.
+ *
+ * Right now we handle:
+ *
+ * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers
+ * - 'S' For symbolic direct pointers
+ * - 'R' For a struct resource pointer, it prints the range of
+ *       addresses (not the name nor the flags)
+ *
+ * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64
+ * function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain a
+ * pointer to the real address.
+ */
+static char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, int field_width, int precision, int flags)
+{
+	switch (*fmt) {
+	case 'F':
+		ptr = dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
+		/* Fallthrough */
+	case 'S':
+		return symbol_string(buf, end, ptr, field_width, precision, flags);
+	case 'R':
+		return resource_string(buf, end, ptr, field_width, precision, 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
+ * @size: The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space
+ * @fmt: The format string to use
+ * @args: Arguments for the format string
+ *
+ * This function follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some extensions:
+ * %pS output the name of a text symbol
+ * %pF output the name of a function pointer
+ * %pR output the address range in a struct resource
+ *
+ * The return value is the number of characters which would
+ * be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing
+ * '\0', as per ISO C99. If you want to have the exact
+ * number of characters written into @buf as return value
+ * (not including the trailing '\0'), use vscnprintf(). If the
+ * return is greater than or equal to @size, the resulting
+ * string is truncated.
+ *
+ * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
+ * You probably want snprintf() instead.
+ */
+int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	unsigned long long num;
+	int base;
+	char *str, *end, c;
+
+	int flags;		/* flags to number() */
+
+	int field_width;	/* width of output field */
+	int precision;		/* min. # of digits for integers; max
+				   number of chars for from string */
+	int qualifier;		/* 'h', 'l', or 'L' for integer fields */
+				/* 'z' support added 23/7/1999 S.H.    */
+				/* 'z' changed to 'Z' --davidm 1/25/99 */
+				/* 't' added for ptrdiff_t */
+
+	/* Reject out-of-range values early.  Large positive sizes are
+	   used for unknown buffer sizes. */
+	if (unlikely((int) size < 0)) {
+		/* There can be only one.. */
+		static char warn = 1;
+		WARN_ON(warn);
+		warn = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	str = buf;
+	end = buf + size;
+
+	/* Make sure end is always >= buf */
+	if (end < buf) {
+		end = ((void *)-1);
+		size = end - buf;
+	}
+
+	for (; *fmt ; ++fmt) {
+		if (*fmt != '%') {
+			if (str < end)
+				*str = *fmt;
+			++str;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* process flags */
+		flags = 0;
+		repeat:
+			++fmt;		/* this also skips first '%' */
+			switch (*fmt) {
+				case '-': flags |= LEFT; goto repeat;
+				case '+': flags |= PLUS; goto repeat;
+				case ' ': flags |= SPACE; goto repeat;
+				case '#': flags |= SPECIAL; goto repeat;
+				case '0': flags |= ZEROPAD; goto repeat;
+			}
+
+		/* get field width */
+		field_width = -1;
+		if (isdigit(*fmt))
+			field_width = skip_atoi(&fmt);
+		else if (*fmt == '*') {
+			++fmt;
+			/* it's the next argument */
+			field_width = va_arg(args, int);
+			if (field_width < 0) {
+				field_width = -field_width;
+				flags |= LEFT;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* get the precision */
+		precision = -1;
+		if (*fmt == '.') {
+			++fmt;	
+			if (isdigit(*fmt))
+				precision = skip_atoi(&fmt);
+			else if (*fmt == '*') {
+				++fmt;
+				/* it's the next argument */
+				precision = va_arg(args, int);
+			}
+			if (precision < 0)
+				precision = 0;
+		}
+
+		/* get the conversion qualifier */
+		qualifier = -1;
+		if (*fmt == 'h' || *fmt == 'l' || *fmt == 'L' ||
+		    *fmt =='Z' || *fmt == 'z' || *fmt == 't') {
+			qualifier = *fmt;
+			++fmt;
+			if (qualifier == 'l' && *fmt == 'l') {
+				qualifier = 'L';
+				++fmt;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* default base */
+		base = 10;
+
+		switch (*fmt) {
+			case 'c':
+				if (!(flags & LEFT)) {
+					while (--field_width > 0) {
+						if (str < end)
+							*str = ' ';
+						++str;
+					}
+				}
+				c = (unsigned char) va_arg(args, int);
+				if (str < end)
+					*str = c;
+				++str;
+				while (--field_width > 0) {
+					if (str < end)
+						*str = ' ';
+					++str;
+				}
+				continue;
+
+			case 's':
+				str = string(str, end, va_arg(args, char *), field_width, precision, flags);
+				continue;
+
+			case 'p':
+				str = pointer(fmt+1, str, end,
+						va_arg(args, void *),
+						field_width, precision, flags);
+				/* Skip all alphanumeric pointer suffixes */
+				while (isalnum(fmt[1]))
+					fmt++;
+				continue;
+
+			case 'n':
+				/* FIXME:
+				* What does C99 say about the overflow case here? */
+				if (qualifier == 'l') {
+					long * ip = va_arg(args, long *);
+					*ip = (str - buf);
+				} else if (qualifier == 'Z' || qualifier == 'z') {
+					size_t * ip = va_arg(args, size_t *);
+					*ip = (str - buf);
+				} else {
+					int * ip = va_arg(args, int *);
+					*ip = (str - buf);
+				}
+				continue;
+
+			case '%':
+				if (str < end)
+					*str = '%';
+				++str;
+				continue;
+
+				/* integer number formats - set up the flags and "break" */
+			case 'o':
+				base = 8;
+				break;
+
+			case 'x':
+				flags |= SMALL;
+			case 'X':
+				base = 16;
+				break;
+
+			case 'd':
+			case 'i':
+				flags |= SIGN;
+			case 'u':
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				if (str < end)
+					*str = '%';
+				++str;
+				if (*fmt) {
+					if (str < end)
+						*str = *fmt;
+					++str;
+				} else {
+					--fmt;
+				}
+				continue;
+		}
+		if (qualifier == 'L')
+			num = va_arg(args, long long);
+		else if (qualifier == 'l') {
+			num = va_arg(args, unsigned long);
+			if (flags & SIGN)
+				num = (signed long) num;
+		} else if (qualifier == 'Z' || qualifier == 'z') {
+			num = va_arg(args, size_t);
+		} else if (qualifier == 't') {
+			num = va_arg(args, ptrdiff_t);
+		} else if (qualifier == 'h') {
+			num = (unsigned short) va_arg(args, int);
+			if (flags & SIGN)
+				num = (signed short) num;
+		} else {
+			num = va_arg(args, unsigned int);
+			if (flags & SIGN)
+				num = (signed int) num;
+		}
+		str = number(str, end, num, base,
+				field_width, precision, flags);
+	}
+	if (size > 0) {
+		if (str < end)
+			*str = '\0';
+		else
+			end[-1] = '\0';
+	}
+	/* the trailing null byte doesn't count towards the total */
+	return str-buf;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsnprintf);
+
+/**
+ * vscnprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
+ * @buf: The buffer to place the result into
+ * @size: The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space
+ * @fmt: The format string to use
+ * @args: Arguments for the format string
+ *
+ * The return value is the number of characters which have been written into
+ * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is <= 0 the function
+ * returns 0.
+ *
+ * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
+ * You probably want scnprintf() instead.
+ *
+ * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
+ */
+int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	i=vsnprintf(buf,size,fmt,args);
+	return (i >= size) ? (size - 1) : i;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vscnprintf);
+
+/**
+ * snprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
+ * @buf: The buffer to place the result into
+ * @size: The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space
+ * @fmt: The format string to use
+ * @...: Arguments for the format string
+ *
+ * The return value is the number of characters which would be
+ * generated for the given input, excluding the trailing null,
+ * as per ISO C99.  If the return is greater than or equal to
+ * @size, the resulting string is truncated.
+ *
+ * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
+ */
+int snprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int i;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	i=vsnprintf(buf,size,fmt,args);
+	va_end(args);
+	return i;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(snprintf);
+
+/**
+ * scnprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
+ * @buf: The buffer to place the result into
+ * @size: The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space
+ * @fmt: The format string to use
+ * @...: Arguments for the format string
+ *
+ * The return value is the number of characters written into @buf not including
+ * the trailing '\0'. If @size is <= 0 the function returns 0.
+ */
+
+int scnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int i;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	i = vsnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	return (i >= size) ? (size - 1) : i;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scnprintf);
+
+/**
+ * vsprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
+ * @buf: The buffer to place the result into
+ * @fmt: The format string to use
+ * @args: Arguments for the format string
+ *
+ * The function returns the number of characters written
+ * into @buf. Use vsnprintf() or vscnprintf() in order to avoid
+ * buffer overflows.
+ *
+ * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
+ * You probably want sprintf() instead.
+ *
+ * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
+ */
+int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	return vsnprintf(buf, INT_MAX, fmt, args);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsprintf);
+
+/**
+ * sprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
+ * @buf: The buffer to place the result into
+ * @fmt: The format string to use
+ * @...: Arguments for the format string
+ *
+ * The function returns the number of characters written
+ * into @buf. Use snprintf() or scnprintf() in order to avoid
+ * buffer overflows.
+ *
+ * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
+ */
+int sprintf(char * buf, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int i;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	i=vsnprintf(buf, INT_MAX, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	return i;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sprintf);
+
+/**
+ * vsscanf - Unformat a buffer into a list of arguments
+ * @buf:	input buffer
+ * @fmt:	format of buffer
+ * @args:	arguments
+ */
+int vsscanf(const char * buf, const char * fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	const char *str = buf;
+	char *next;
+	char digit;
+	int num = 0;
+	int qualifier;
+	int base;
+	int field_width;
+	int is_sign = 0;
+
+	while(*fmt && *str) {
+		/* skip any white space in format */
+		/* white space in format matchs any amount of
+		 * white space, including none, in the input.
+		 */
+		if (isspace(*fmt)) {
+			while (isspace(*fmt))
+				++fmt;
+			while (isspace(*str))
+				++str;
+		}
+
+		/* anything that is not a conversion must match exactly */
+		if (*fmt != '%' && *fmt) {
+			if (*fmt++ != *str++)
+				break;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!*fmt)
+			break;
+		++fmt;
+		
+		/* skip this conversion.
+		 * advance both strings to next white space
+		 */
+		if (*fmt == '*') {
+			while (!isspace(*fmt) && *fmt)
+				fmt++;
+			while (!isspace(*str) && *str)
+				str++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* get field width */
+		field_width = -1;
+		if (isdigit(*fmt))
+			field_width = skip_atoi(&fmt);
+
+		/* get conversion qualifier */
+		qualifier = -1;
+		if (*fmt == 'h' || *fmt == 'l' || *fmt == 'L' ||
+		    *fmt == 'Z' || *fmt == 'z') {
+			qualifier = *fmt++;
+			if (unlikely(qualifier == *fmt)) {
+				if (qualifier == 'h') {
+					qualifier = 'H';
+					fmt++;
+				} else if (qualifier == 'l') {
+					qualifier = 'L';
+					fmt++;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		base = 10;
+		is_sign = 0;
+
+		if (!*fmt || !*str)
+			break;
+
+		switch(*fmt++) {
+		case 'c':
+		{
+			char *s = (char *) va_arg(args,char*);
+			if (field_width == -1)
+				field_width = 1;
+			do {
+				*s++ = *str++;
+			} while (--field_width > 0 && *str);
+			num++;
+		}
+		continue;
+		case 's':
+		{
+			char *s = (char *) va_arg(args, char *);
+			if(field_width == -1)
+				field_width = INT_MAX;
+			/* first, skip leading white space in buffer */
+			while (isspace(*str))
+				str++;
+
+			/* now copy until next white space */
+			while (*str && !isspace(*str) && field_width--) {
+				*s++ = *str++;
+			}
+			*s = '\0';
+			num++;
+		}
+		continue;
+		case 'n':
+			/* return number of characters read so far */
+		{
+			int *i = (int *)va_arg(args,int*);
+			*i = str - buf;
+		}
+		continue;
+		case 'o':
+			base = 8;
+			break;
+		case 'x':
+		case 'X':
+			base = 16;
+			break;
+		case 'i':
+                        base = 0;
+		case 'd':
+			is_sign = 1;
+		case 'u':
+			break;
+		case '%':
+			/* looking for '%' in str */
+			if (*str++ != '%') 
+				return num;
+			continue;
+		default:
+			/* invalid format; stop here */
+			return num;
+		}
+
+		/* have some sort of integer conversion.
+		 * first, skip white space in buffer.
+		 */
+		while (isspace(*str))
+			str++;
+
+		digit = *str;
+		if (is_sign && digit == '-')
+			digit = *(str + 1);
+
+		if (!digit
+                    || (base == 16 && !isxdigit(digit))
+                    || (base == 10 && !isdigit(digit))
+                    || (base == 8 && (!isdigit(digit) || digit > '7'))
+                    || (base == 0 && !isdigit(digit)))
+				break;
+
+		switch(qualifier) {
+		case 'H':	/* that's 'hh' in format */
+			if (is_sign) {
+				signed char *s = (signed char *) va_arg(args,signed char *);
+				*s = (signed char) simple_strtol(str,&next,base);
+			} else {
+				unsigned char *s = (unsigned char *) va_arg(args, unsigned char *);
+				*s = (unsigned char) simple_strtoul(str, &next, base);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+			if (is_sign) {
+				short *s = (short *) va_arg(args,short *);
+				*s = (short) simple_strtol(str,&next,base);
+			} else {
+				unsigned short *s = (unsigned short *) va_arg(args, unsigned short *);
+				*s = (unsigned short) simple_strtoul(str, &next, base);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'l':
+			if (is_sign) {
+				long *l = (long *) va_arg(args,long *);
+				*l = simple_strtol(str,&next,base);
+			} else {
+				unsigned long *l = (unsigned long*) va_arg(args,unsigned long*);
+				*l = simple_strtoul(str,&next,base);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'L':
+			if (is_sign) {
+				long long *l = (long long*) va_arg(args,long long *);
+				*l = simple_strtoll(str,&next,base);
+			} else {
+				unsigned long long *l = (unsigned long long*) va_arg(args,unsigned long long*);
+				*l = simple_strtoull(str,&next,base);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'Z':
+		case 'z':
+		{
+			size_t *s = (size_t*) va_arg(args,size_t*);
+			*s = (size_t) simple_strtoul(str,&next,base);
+		}
+		break;
+		default:
+			if (is_sign) {
+				int *i = (int *) va_arg(args, int*);
+				*i = (int) simple_strtol(str,&next,base);
+			} else {
+				unsigned int *i = (unsigned int*) va_arg(args, unsigned int*);
+				*i = (unsigned int) simple_strtoul(str,&next,base);
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+		num++;
+
+		if (!next)
+			break;
+		str = next;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now we've come all the way through so either the input string or the
+	 * format ended. In the former case, there can be a %n at the current
+	 * position in the format that needs to be filled.
+	 */
+	if (*fmt == '%' && *(fmt + 1) == 'n') {
+		int *p = (int *)va_arg(args, int *);
+		*p = str - buf;
+	}
+
+	return num;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsscanf);
+
+/**
+ * sscanf - Unformat a buffer into a list of arguments
+ * @buf:	input buffer
+ * @fmt:	formatting of buffer
+ * @...:	resulting arguments
+ */
+int sscanf(const char * buf, const char * fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int i;
+
+	va_start(args,fmt);
+	i = vsscanf(buf,fmt,args);
+	va_end(args);
+	return i;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sscanf);