--- a/fs/seq_file.c~seq_file-convert-seq_escape-to-use-seq_escape_str +++ a/fs/seq_file.c @@ -392,12 +392,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_escape_mem); */ void seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc) { - char *buf; - size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf); - int ret; - - ret = string_escape_str(s, buf, size, ESCAPE_OCTAL, esc); - seq_commit(m, ret < size ? ret : -1); + seq_escape_str(m, s, ESCAPE_OCTAL, esc); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_escape);