linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] led/led-class: Handle LEDs with the same name

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Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:30:25 +0200
From:	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:	Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>
Cc:	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...il.com>, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] led/led-class: Handle LEDs with the same name

Hi Ricardo,

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:05:39AM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> @@ -219,12 +239,19 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops leds_class_dev_pm_ops = {
>   */
>  int led_classdev_register(struct device *parent, struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
>  {
> +	char name[64];
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = led_classdev_next_name(led_cdev->name, name, sizeof(name));
>  	led_cdev->dev = device_create_with_groups(leds_class, parent, 0,
> -					led_cdev, led_cdev->groups,
> -					"%s", led_cdev->name);
> +					led_cdev, led_cdev->groups, name);

I just realised there was another issue --- the name is now interpreted as
format string. Bad things will happen if there's e.g. %s in the name itself
--- perhaps unlikely, but possible.

Now that I was about to submit a patch, I'll submit one for this one as
well. :-)

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@....fi	XMPP: sailus@...iisi.org.uk
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