linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] test_power: add missing newlines when printing parameters by sysfs

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Message-ID: <9822843f764520e1076a92fd9120294aa393a085.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sat, 03 Oct 2020 14:55:41 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
Cc:     Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test_power: add missing newlines when printing
 parameters by sysfs

On Sat, 2020-10-03 at 23:50 +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 02:43:09PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sat, 2020-10-03 at 23:23 +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 02:09:58PM +0800, Xiongfeng Wang wrote:
> > > > When I cat some module parameters by sysfs, it displays as follows.
> > > > It's better to add a newline for easy reading.
> > []
> > > > root@...kaller:~# cd /sys/module/test_power/parameters/
> > > > root@...kaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat ac_online
> > > > onroot@...kaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_present
> > > > trueroot@...kaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_health
> > > > goodroot@...kaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_status
> > > > dischargingroot@...kaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_technology
> > > > LIONroot@...kaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat usb_online
> > > > onroot@...kaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters#
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>
> > > > ---
> > > 
> > > Thanks, queued.
> > []
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c b/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
> > []
> > > > @@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ static int param_set_ac_online(const char *key, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> > > >  static int param_get_ac_online(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> > > >  {
> > > >  	strcpy(buffer, map_get_key(map_ac_online, ac_online, "unknown"));
> > > > +	strcat(buffer, "\n");
> > > >  	return strlen(buffer);
> > > >  }
> > 
> > All of these would be better as sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", <whatever>)
> > so the output is scanned just once instead of scanned three times.
> 
> Agreed. Anybody willing to send a patch? :)

Well, you _are_ the maintainer. Why not you?