Re: [PATCH 01/38] perf tools: Use asprintf instead of malloc plussnprintf

[Andi Kleen]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 05:06:25PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The asprintf library function is equivalent to malloc plus snprintf so
> use it because it is simpler.

I used to be very fond of asprintf too, but apparently there are some 
really ancient glibc versions that implement it incorrectly.
I had to remove it from mcelog at some point because of that.

No need to yank it out, but just to let you know.

-Andi
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