From 71ec92b67c1983a87a8c405d280e2dba1cc0080d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Glass Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:52:09 +0000 Subject: vsprintf: Move function documentation into header file Now that this is not in common.h, perhaps it is acceptable to move this documentation into the header file. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass --- include/vsprintf.h | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 123 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/vsprintf.h') diff --git a/include/vsprintf.h b/include/vsprintf.h index 5195598f97..651077ca4d 100644 --- a/include/vsprintf.h +++ b/include/vsprintf.h @@ -25,23 +25,146 @@ #define __VSPRINTF_H ulong simple_strtoul(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base); + +/** + * strict_strtoul - convert a string to an unsigned long strictly + * @param cp The string to be converted + * @param base The number base to use + * @param res The converted result value + * @return 0 if conversion is successful and *res is set to the converted + * value, otherwise it returns -EINVAL and *res is set to 0. + * + * 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. + * + * simple_strtoul just ignores the successive invalid characters and + * return the converted value of prefix part of the string. + * + * Copied this function from Linux 2.6.38 commit ID: + * 521cb40b0c44418a4fd36dc633f575813d59a43d + * + */ int strict_strtoul(const char *cp, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res); unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base); long simple_strtol(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base); void panic(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (__printf__, 1, 2), noreturn)); + +/** + * Format a string and place it in a buffer + * + * @param buf The buffer to place the result into + * @param fmt The format string to use + * @param ... Arguments for the format string + * + * The function returns the number of characters written + * into @buf. + * + * See the vsprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99. + */ int sprintf(char *buf, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (__printf__, 2, 3))); + +/** + * Format a string and place it in a buffer (va_list version) + * + * @param buf The buffer to place the result into + * @param size The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space + * @param fmt The format string to use + * @param args Arguments for the format string + * @return the number of characters which have been written into + * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is == 0 the function + * returns 0. + * + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using scnprintf(). + * + * See the vsprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99. + */ int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args); char *simple_itoa(ulong i); #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF +/** + * Format a string and place it in a buffer + * + * @param buf The buffer to place the result into + * @param size The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space + * @param fmt The format string to use + * @param ... Arguments for the format string + * @return 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 vsprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99. + */ int snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (__printf__, 3, 4))); + +/** + * Format a string and place it in a buffer + * + * @param buf The buffer to place the result into + * @param size The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space + * @param fmt The format string to use + * @param ... 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. + * + * See the vsprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99. + */ int scnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (__printf__, 3, 4))); + +/** + * Format a string and place it in a buffer (base function) + * + * @param buf The buffer to place the result into + * @param size The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space + * @param fmt The format string to use + * @param args Arguments for the format string + * @return The number characters which would be generated for the given + * input, excluding the trailing '\0', as per ISO C99. Note that fewer + * characters may be written if this number of characters is >= size. + * + * 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 function returns the number of characters which would be + * generated for the given input, excluding the trailing '\0', + * as per ISO C99. + * + * 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); + +/** + * Format a string and place it in a buffer (va_list version) + * + * @param buf The buffer to place the result into + * @param size The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space + * @param fmt The format string to use + * @param args Arguments for the format string + * @return the number of characters which have been written into + * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is == 0 the function + * returns 0. + * + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using scnprintf(). + * + * See the vsprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99. + */ int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args); #else /* -- cgit v1.2.3