netdev - Re: [PATCH] ptp: ocp: Add newline to sysfs attribute output

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Message-ID: <9193e49a-b7e8-4a45-ab30-c7308f8e9d75@linux.dev>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 11:18:59 +0000
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@....qualcomm.com>, richardcochran@...il.com,
 jonathan.lemon@...il.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp: ocp: Add newline to sysfs attribute output

On 31/10/2025 23:59, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:45:19 +0800 Zhongqiu Han wrote:
>> Append a newline character to the sysfs_emit() output in ptp_ocp_tty_show.
>> This aligns with common kernel conventions and improves readability for
>> userspace tools that expect newline-terminated values.
> 
> Vadim? Is the backward compat here a concern?

I'm checking our software now, hopefully it will not break, but I need a
bit of time to be sure