linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: convert sysfs sprintf/snprintf family to sysfs

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Date:   Thu, 4 Feb 2021 09:16:56 +0100 (CET)
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: convert sysfs sprintf/snprintf family to
 sysfs_emit

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
>> Fix the following coccicheck warning:
>> 
>> ./drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c: WARNING: use scnprintf or sprintf.
> 
> That's not what you do in the below change :)

Well, sysfs_emit() is the sysfs equivalent of scnprintf().
But the patch fails to explain *why* it is needed. 

Thanks,
//richard