linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: bgrt: Use sysfs

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Message-ID: <202106230932.96179173E@keescook>
Date:   Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:32:51 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: bgrt: Use sysfs_emit

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 09:28:55AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On 6/22/2021 10:51 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 06:38:02PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > sysfs_emit is preferred to snprintf for emitting values after
> > > commit 2efc459d06f1 ("sysfs: Add sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at to format
> > > sysfs output").
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> > 
> > Perhaps just squash this into patch 1? Looks good otherwise!
> > 
> 
> I thought about it but sysfs_emit is a relatively new API and the previous
> change may want to be backported but I do not have a strong opinion so I can
> squash it if Rafael or Len feel strongly :)

Fair enough. :) I figured since CFI is even newer than sysfs_emit(), it
didn't make sense to backport. Regardless:

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook