linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/01][retry 1] x86: L3 cache index disable for 2.6.26

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:07:22 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	"Langsdorf, Mark" <mark.langsdorf@....com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Deguara, Joachim" <joachim.deguara@....com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/01][retry 1] x86: L3 cache index disable for 2.6.26


> > > +        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
> > > +                unsigned int reg = 0;
> > > +
> > > +                pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x1BC + i * 4, &reg);
> > > +
> > > +                ret += sprintf(buf, "%s %x\t", buf, reg);
> > > +        }
> > > +	ret += sprintf(buf,"%s\n", buf);
> > 
> > So you print "buf" few times? Why? And you use both \t and \n 
> > as deliminer...
> 
> I'm printing the values of the two config registers into
> the string buffer, separated by tabs, and terminated by
> an EOL.  Is there a prefered way to do that instead of
> what I have?

Hmm, I misparsed that.

Yes, we have some helpers for sysfs writing... 	SEQ_printf(), IIRC.

Is this even valid C?

ret += sprintf(buf, "%s %x\t", buf, reg);

You are printing into buffer you are passing as argument. That seems
fragile.

								Pavel
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