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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:12:32 -0800
From:      Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Safe string formatting in the kernel
Message-ID:  <20001211161232.D2312@canonware.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpsnnuq1hy.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:03:21PM %2B0100
References:  <xzpsnnuq1hy.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:03:21PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> I've implemented a set of functions for performing safe string
> formatting in the kernel, based on an initial idea (and design) by
> Poul-Henning.

Can you please elaborate on what this is useful for and why we need it?
I skimmed through the patch, but the answer didn't jump out at me.

Jason


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