linux-kernel - Re: [Cocci] [PATCH] coccinelle: api: add device_attr

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2006172246010.3083@hadrien>
Date:   Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:46:13 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Subject: Re: [Cocci] [PATCH] coccinelle: api: add device_attr_show script



On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Denis Efremov wrote:

>
>
> On 6/17/20 11:27 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020, Denis Efremov wrote:
> >
> >> According to the documentation[1] show() methods of device attributes
> >> should return the number of bytes printed into the buffer. This is
> >> the return value of scnprintf(). show() must not use snprintf()
> >> when formatting the value to be returned to user space. snprintf()
> >> returns the length the resulting string would be, assuming it all
> >> fit into the destination array[2]. scnprintf() return the length of
> >> the string actually created in buf. If one can guarantee that an
> >> overflow will never happen sprintf() can be used otherwise scnprintf().
> >
> > The semantic patch looks fine.  Do you have any accepted patches from
> > this?
>
> It's not my patches, but:
>
> 3f9f8daad342 cpuidle: sysfs: Fix the overlap for showing available governors
> 117e2cb3eeee sparc: use scnprintf() in show_pciobppath_attr() in vio.c
> 03a1b56f501e sparc: use scnprintf() in show_pciobppath_attr() in pci.c
> 3dee04262898 iio: tsl2772: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow
> dbdd24eaac4e edd: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow
> abdd9feb45ed btrfs: sysfs: Use scnprintf() instead of snprintf()
> f21431f2de33 thermal: int340x_thermal: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow
> 40501c70e3f0 s390/zcrypt: replace snprintf/sprintf with scnprintf
> eb3e064b8dd1 s390/zcrypt: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow
> 06b522d6de9d video: uvesafb: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow
> bf1b615ad97e video: omapfb: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow
> b40e288bfb53 platform/x86: sony-laptop: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow
> ef21e1750158 ALSA: Use scnprintf() instead of snprintf() for show

Thanks.

julia

>
> and many more
>
> Thanks,
> Denis
>