Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:24:48 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] comedi: Convert snprintf() to sysfs_emit() |
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On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 02:23:41PM +0100, Jules Irenge wrote: > Coccinnelle reports a warning > Warning: Use scnprintf or sprintf > > Adding to that, there has been a slow migration from snprintf to scnprintf. > This LWN article explains the rationale for this change > > https: //lwn.net/Articles/69419/ > ie. snprintf() returns what *would* be the resulting length, > while scnprintf() returns the actual length.
None of this is needed or relevant for this change.
> > However following the advice on > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/sysfs.html > > For show(device *...) functions we should only use sysfs_emit() or sysfs_emit_at() > especially when formatting the value to be returned to user space. > > Hence here > We convert to sysfs_emit() that even does better and shorten the code > using the same rationale of scnprintf() > > Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jules.irenge@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk> > --- > > v2: Replace scnprintf() with sysfs_emit() > > drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c > index 55a0cae04b8d..a6017fafcb2a 100644 > --- a/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c > +++ b/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c > @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static ssize_t max_read_buffer_kb_show(struct device *csdev, > mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex); > > comedi_dev_put(dev); > - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%u\n", size); > + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", size); > } > > static ssize_t max_read_buffer_kb_store(struct device *csdev,
Does not apply to my tree :(
thanks,
greg k-h
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