linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs: Remove page boundary align limitation on sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit

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Date:   Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:05:53 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Lang Yu <lang.yu@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: Remove page boundary align limitation on
 sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at

On Wed, 2021-09-08 at 20:07 +0800, Lang Yu wrote:
> The key purpose of sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at is to
> ensure that no overrun is done. Make them more equivalent
> with scnprintf.

I can't think of a single reason to do this.
sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at are specific to sysfs.

Use of these functions outside of sysfs is not desired or supported.