kernel: Don't call other modules from simple error logger

error_logger implements a simple handler which is used when no other
handler is active. This handler is used during system startup, when
there is no guarantee that all modules are loaded and must therefore
not use any other modules for the formatting.

Commit 41b856a2cb270ef807beaa84afe1bb890de5f237 introduced a call to
io_lib:printable_list/1, which is now removed.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl b/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl
index f07ec52cfa..585507c545 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl
@@ -499,16 +499,31 @@ display4(A = [_|_]) ->
 display4(A) ->
     erlang:display(A).
 
-
-string_p(Term) when is_list(Term) ->
-    string_p1(lists:flatten(Term));
-string_p(_Term) ->
-    false.
-
-string_p1([]) ->
+string_p([]) ->
     false;
-string_p1(FlatList) ->
-    io_lib:printable_list(FlatList).
+string_p(Term) ->
+    string_p1(Term).
+
+string_p1([H|T]) when is_integer(H), H >= $\040, H =< $\176 ->
+    string_p1(T);
+string_p1([H|T]) when is_integer(H), H >= 16#A0, H < 16#D800;
+                      is_integer(H), H > 16#DFFF, H < 16#FFFE;
+                      is_integer(H), H > 16#FFFF, H =< 16#10FFFF ->
+    string_p1(T);
+string_p1([$\n|T]) -> string_p1(T);
+string_p1([$\r|T]) -> string_p1(T);
+string_p1([$\t|T]) -> string_p1(T);
+string_p1([$\v|T]) -> string_p1(T);
+string_p1([$\b|T]) -> string_p1(T);
+string_p1([$\f|T]) -> string_p1(T);
+string_p1([$\e|T]) -> string_p1(T);
+string_p1([H|T]) when is_list(H) ->
+    case string_p1(H) of
+	true -> string_p1(T);
+	_    -> false
+    end;
+string_p1([]) -> true;
+string_p1(_) ->  false.
 
 -spec limit_term(term()) -> term().