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Let \(N ^+\) denote the Smirnov class \(N ^+\) of functions holomorphic in the unit disk \(D:|z|<1\). The author considers the subclass \(N_* ^+\) of \(N^+\), introduced by \textit{I. I. Privalov} with the notation \(C\) in his book [Boundary properties of analytic functions (1956; Zbl 0073.06501)]. The class \(N_* ^+\) consists of those functions \(f \in N^+\) for which \[ \lim\limits _{r \rightarrow 1} \int_{0} ^{2\pi} |\log|f(re ^{i\theta}) ||{d \theta \over 2 \pi} = \int\limits _0 ^{2 \pi} |\log|f(e^{i\theta})||{d \theta \over 2 \pi} < \infty \] where \(f(e^{i \theta})\) is the radial limit of \(f\) which exists for almost every \(e^{i \theta}\). Using the well known canonical factorization theorem for the class \(N^+\), the author proves that a function \(f \in N_* ^+\) if and only if \(f(z) = B(z)F(z)\), where \(B(z)\) is the Blaschke product with respect to zeros of \(f(z)\), and \(F(z)\) is an outer function. As an application, it is proved that every function holomorphic and univalent in \(D\) belongs to the class \(N_* ^+\). The author also shows that the class \(N_* ^+\) contains the set of all polynomials, and consequently \(N_* ^+\) is a dense subset of \(N^+\) with respect to the metric \(\rho\) on \(N^+\) introduced by \textit{N. Yanagihara} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 180, 449-461 (1973; Zbl 0264.46016)].