linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] samples/kobject: Use sysfs

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Date:   Wed, 2 Mar 2022 21:22:49 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Phi Nguyen <phind.uet@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] samples/kobject: Use sysfs_emit instead of
 snprintf

On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 02:11:36AM +0800, Phi Nguyen wrote:
> On 3/2/2022 10:51 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 08:07:59PM +0800, Nguyen Dinh Phi wrote:
> > > Convert sprintf() to sysfs_emit() in order to check buffer overrun on sysfs
> > > outputs.
> > 
> > There are no such buffer overruns on these sysfs files.
> > 
> I don't want to duplicate the title so I use the description of sysfs_emit()
> as the patch message. I have just realized that the title is also incorrect,
> sorry for my mistake.
> 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >   samples/kobject/kobject-example.c | 4 ++--
> > >   samples/kobject/kset-example.c    | 4 ++--
> > >   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Why is this a resend?  What happened to the first version?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> There is no response for the first version. Actually, there is no Maintainer
> is associated with these two files (in MAINTAINERS files), hence, my first
> patch was only sent to the linux-kernel mailing list.

You need to give reviewers a hint as to what is going on when you do
this, we can't read minds :)

thanks,

greg k-h