From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com>
Cc: code@tyhicks.com, brauner@kernel.org, sandeen@redhat.com,
colin.i.king@gmail.com, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
ecryptfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/ecryptfs: use scnprintf() in version show
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:21:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025061642-unaltered-antler-e6fa@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250616104120.370832-1-pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com>
On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 04:11:20PM +0530, Pranav Tyagi wrote:
> Replace all snprintf() instances with scnprintf(). snprintf() returns
> the number of bytes that would have been written had there been enough
> space. For sysfs attributes, snprintf() should not be used for the
> show() method. Instead use scnprintf() which returns the number of
> bytes actually written.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com>
> ---
> fs/ecryptfs/main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
> index 8dd1d7189c3b..2a97c2b1fc69 100644
> --- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
> +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
> @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ static struct kobject *ecryptfs_kobj;
> static ssize_t version_show(struct kobject *kobj,
> struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buff)
> {
> - return snprintf(buff, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MASK);
> + return scnprintf(buff, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MASK);
sysfs_emit() or no change at all please.
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2025-06-16 10:41 [PATCH] fs/ecryptfs: use scnprintf() in version show Pranav Tyagi
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