Re: [PATCH v3] iio: proximity: srf08: replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:08:13 -0500
Maxwell Doose <m32285159@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch replaces sprintf() function calls with sysfs_emit() and
> sysfs_emit_at(). While the current code is fine, sysfs_emit() is
> preferred over sprintf(), and will help modernize the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxwell Doose <m32285159@gmail.com>
> ---
>  v2:
>  - Fixed indenting of sysfs_emit call in function srf08_show_range_mm.

Not true unfortunately. Now broken differently.

>  - Optimized return sequence in function srf08_show_sensitivity by
>    directly returning instead of modifying a variable and then
>    returning.
> 
>  v3:
>  - Changed indenting of sysfs_emit() call in function
>    srf08_show_range_mm() per Andy Shevchenko's request.
>  - Clarified commit message details.
> 
>  drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c | 15 ++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c
> index d7e4cc48cfbf..e92526459dcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c
> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int srf08_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  static ssize_t srf08_show_range_mm_available(struct device *dev,
>  				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>  {
> -	return sprintf(buf, "[0.043 0.043 11.008]\n");
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "[0.043 0.043 11.008]\n");
>  }
>  
>  static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(sensor_max_range_available, S_IRUGO,
> @@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ static ssize_t srf08_show_range_mm(struct device *dev,
>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
>  	struct srf08_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>  
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%d.%03d\n", data->range_mm / 1000,
> -						data->range_mm % 1000);
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d.%03d\n",
> +			data->range_mm / 1000, data->range_mm % 1000);
Should be:
	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d.%03d\n",
			  data->range_mm / 1000, data->range_mm % 1000);
Or
	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d.%03d\n", data->range_mm / 1000,
			  data->range_mm % 1000);


>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -316,10 +316,10 @@ static ssize_t srf08_show_sensitivity_available(struct device *dev,
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < data->chip_info->num_sensitivity_avail; i++)
>  		if (data->chip_info->sensitivity_avail[i])
> -			len += sprintf(buf + len, "%d ",
> +			len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len, "%d ",
>  				data->chip_info->sensitivity_avail[i]);
>  
> -	len += sprintf(buf + len, "\n");
> +	len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len, "\n");
>  
>  	return len;
>  }
> @@ -332,11 +332,8 @@ static ssize_t srf08_show_sensitivity(struct device *dev,
>  {
>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
>  	struct srf08_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> -	int len;
>  
> -	len = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", data->sensitivity);
> -
> -	return len;
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", data->sensitivity);
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t srf08_write_sensitivity(struct srf08_data *data,