Re: [PATCH] HID: ft260: Use sysfs_emit to write formatted data to user buffer in sysfs show function.

[bhanuseshukumar <bhanuseshukumar@gmail.com>]

On 23/09/25 20:26, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 08:19:26PM +0530, Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri wrote:
>> Inline with sysfs documentation, sysfs_emit is used in show function
>> to write formatted data into user buffer. sysfs_emit is already PAGE_SIZE
>> aware.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri <bhanuseshukumar@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Note: Patch is compile tested and verified with checkpatch.
>>
>>  drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
>> index 333341e80b0e..8677bea46bea 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
>> @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int ft260_byte_show(struct hid_device *hdev, int id, u8 *cfg, int len,
>>  	if (ret < 0)
>>  		return ret;
>>  
>> -	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", *field);
>> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", *field);
>>  }
>>  
>>  static int ft260_word_show(struct hid_device *hdev, int id, u8 *cfg, int len,
>> @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static int ft260_word_show(struct hid_device *hdev, int id, u8 *cfg, int len,
>>  	if (ret < 0)
>>  		return ret;
>>  
>> -	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", le16_to_cpu(*field));
>> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", le16_to_cpu(*field));
> 
> There's no need to change existing users in the kernel for stuff like
> this, only try to do this for new sysfs files.  We've had too many bugs
> where "simple" changes like this cause problems (recently in the USB
> core for example.)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

OK. Thanks for the prompt feedback on this.