linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: atkbd - simplify atkbd_show_force

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Message-ID: <YITTkui8qer2S+4R@google.com>
Date:   Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:27:30 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: atkbd - simplify atkbd_show_force_release()

Hi Rasmus,

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:16:39PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> We can just include the newline in the format string, and scnprintf()
> guarantees nul-termination. These days, sysfs_emit() is
> preferred in sysfs ->show methods, so switch to that.

Technically speaking the conversion is not 100% equivalent - original
code ensured that there is always a newline in the output. I kind of
like this, so maybe we need sysfs_emit_nl() or similar?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> ---
>  drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c | 9 ++-------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
> index edc613efc158..b146a3ec631a 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
> @@ -1492,13 +1492,8 @@ static ssize_t atkbd_set_extra(struct atkbd *atkbd, const char *buf, size_t coun
>  
>  static ssize_t atkbd_show_force_release(struct atkbd *atkbd, char *buf)
>  {
> -	size_t len = scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1, "%*pbl",
> -			       ATKBD_KEYMAP_SIZE, atkbd->force_release_mask);
> -
> -	buf[len++] = '\n';
> -	buf[len] = '\0';
> -
> -	return len;
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%*pbl\n",
> +			  ATKBD_KEYMAP_SIZE, atkbd->force_release_mask);
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t atkbd_set_force_release(struct atkbd *atkbd,
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry