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1 /*
2 * Helpers for formatting and printing strings
4 * Copyright 31 August 2008 James Bottomley
5 */
6 #include <linux/kernel.h>
7 #include <linux/math64.h>
8 #include <linux/module.h>
9 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
11 /**
12 * string_get_size - get the size in the specified units
13 * @size: The size to be converted
14 * @units: units to use (powers of 1000 or 1024)
15 * @buf: buffer to format to
16 * @len: length of buffer
18 * This function returns a string formatted to 3 significant figures
19 * giving the size in the required units. Returns 0 on success or
20 * error on failure. @buf is always zero terminated.
23 int string_get_size(u64 size, const enum string_size_units units,
24 char *buf, int len)
26 const char *units_10[] = { "B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB",
27 "EB", "ZB", "YB", NULL};
28 const char *units_2[] = {"B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB",
29 "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB", NULL };
30 const char **units_str[] = {
31 [STRING_UNITS_10] = units_10,
32 [STRING_UNITS_2] = units_2,
34 const int divisor[] = {
35 [STRING_UNITS_10] = 1000,
36 [STRING_UNITS_2] = 1024,
38 int i, j;
39 u64 remainder = 0, sf_cap;
40 char tmp[8];
42 tmp[0] = '\0';
44 for (i = 0; size > divisor[units] && units_str[units][i]; i++)
45 remainder = do_div(size, divisor[units]);
47 sf_cap = size;
48 for (j = 0; sf_cap*10 < 1000; j++)
49 sf_cap *= 10;
51 if (j) {
52 remainder *= 1000;
53 do_div(remainder, divisor[units]);
54 snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), ".%03lld",
55 (unsigned long long)remainder);
56 tmp[j+1] = '\0';
59 snprintf(buf, len, "%lld%s%s", (unsigned long long)size,
60 tmp, units_str[units][i]);
62 return 0;
64 EXPORT_SYMBOL(string_get_size);