Re: [PATCH] lib: move kasprintf to a separate file

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> kasprintf pulls in kmalloc which proved to be fatal for at least
> bootimage target on alpha.
> Move it to a separate file so only users of kasprintf are exposed
> to the dependency on kmalloc.
>   

OK by me (that's what my original patch did), but it might be worth
documenting what environmental constraints vsprintf.c is under.  I
didn't realize it was used by non-kernel code.

    J
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