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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-23 09:12:26 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-23 09:12:26 -0700
commit57d19e80f459dd845fb3cfeba8e6df8471bac142 (patch)
tree8254766715720228db3d50f1ef3c7fe003c06d65 /lib
parentee9ec4f82049c678373a611ce20ac67fe9ad836e (diff)
parente64851f5a0ad6ec991f74ebb3108c35aa0323d5f (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (39 commits)
  b43: fix comment typo reqest -> request
  Haavard Skinnemoen has left Atmel
  cris: typo in mach-fs Makefile
  Kconfig: fix copy/paste-ism for dell-wmi-aio driver
  doc: timers-howto: fix a typo ("unsgined")
  perf: Only include annotate.h once in tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/annotate.c
  md, raid5: Fix spelling error in comment ('Ofcourse' --> 'Of course').
  treewide: fix a few typos in comments
  regulator: change debug statement be consistent with the style of the rest
  Revert "arm: mach-u300/gpio: Fix mem_region resource size miscalculations"
  audit: acquire creds selectively to reduce atomic op overhead
  rtlwifi: don't touch with treewide double semicolon removal
  treewide: cleanup continuations and remove logging message whitespace
  ath9k_hw: don't touch with treewide double semicolon removal
  include/linux/leds-regulator.h: fix syntax in example code
  tty: fix typo in descripton of tty_termios_encode_baud_rate
  xtensa: remove obsolete BKL kernel option from defconfig
  m68k: fix comment typo 'occcured'
  arch:Kconfig.locks Remove unused config option.
  treewide: remove extra semicolons
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug3
-rw-r--r--lib/vsprintf.c9
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 10ef61981149..0efcdca9751a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ config PRINTK_TIME
 	  included in printk output.  This allows you to measure
 	  the interval between kernel operations, including bootup
 	  operations.  This is useful for identifying long delays
-	  in kernel startup.
+	  in kernel startup.  Or add printk.time=1 at boot-time.
+	  See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
 
 config DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
 	int "Default message log level (1-7)"
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index dfd60192bc2e..1d659d7bb0f8 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1161,8 +1161,7 @@ qualifier:
  * 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.
+ * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using snprintf().
  */
 int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
@@ -1336,8 +1335,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsnprintf);
  * 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.
+ * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using scnprintf().
  *
  * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
  */
@@ -1416,8 +1414,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scnprintf);
  * 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.
+ * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using sprintf().
  *
  * See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
  */