linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bus: mhi: core: replace snprintf with sysfs

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Message-ID: <YbBpcJLUQUYHygGM@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Dec 2021 09:14:40 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Yihao Han <hanyihao@...o.com>
Cc:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>,
        Hemant Kumar <hemantk@...eaurora.org>,
        Bhaumik Bhatt <bbhatt@...eaurora.org>,
        Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>,
        Carl Yin <carl.yin@...ctel.com>,
        Carl Huang <cjhuang@...eaurora.org>, mhi@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bus: mhi: core: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit

On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 12:07:53AM -0800, Yihao Han wrote:
> coccinelle report:
> ./drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c:97:8-16:
> WARNING: use scnprintf or sprintf
> Use sysfs_emit instead of scnprintf or sprintf makes more sense.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yihao Han <hanyihao@...o.com>
> ---
>  drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
> index 5aaca6d0f52b..a5a5c722731e 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static ssize_t serial_number_show(struct device *dev,
>  	struct mhi_device *mhi_dev = to_mhi_device(dev);
>  	struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl = mhi_dev->mhi_cntrl;
>  
> -	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "Serial Number: %u\n",
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "Serial Number: %u\n",
>  			mhi_cntrl->serial_number);
>  }
>  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(serial_number);
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

Why are you only changing one function in this file?  If you realyl want
to make a change like this, fix ALL sysfs show functions.

thanks,

greg k-h