From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
To: Luis Soza Rodriguez <luistermc789@gmail.com>
Cc: pure.logic@nexus-software.ie, johan@kernel.org, elder@kernel.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, greybus-dev@lists.linaro.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Luis Soza Rodriguez <contact@sluisr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: loopback: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:05:11 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa9EFyfi9iprkQzi@stanley.mountain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309165522.26388-1-contact@sluisr.com>
On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 10:55:22AM -0600, Luis Soza Rodriguez wrote:
> As per the kernel's documentation, sysfs_emit() is the preferred way
> to format strings for sysfs attributes. It handles buffer overruns
> safely. Replace sprintf calls with sysfs_emit across all loopback
> sysfs show macros.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Soza Rodriguez <contact@sluisr.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> index aa9c73cb0..3a502d89d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev, \
> char *buf) \
> { \
> struct gb_loopback *gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); \
> - return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", gb->field); \
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", gb->field); \
> } \
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(field)
>
> @@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ static ssize_t name##_##field##_show(struct device *dev, \
> struct gb_loopback *gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); \
> /* Report 0 for min and max if no transfer succeeded */ \
> if (!gb->requests_completed) \
> - return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); \
> - return sprintf(buf, "%" #type "\n", gb->name.field); \
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "0\n"); \
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%" #type "\n", gb->name.field); \
> } \
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name##_##field)
>
> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static ssize_t name##_avg_show(struct device *dev, \
> rem = do_div(avg, count); \
> rem *= 1000000; \
> do_div(rem, count); \
> - return sprintf(buf, "%llu.%06u\n", avg, (u32)rem); \
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%llu.%06u\n", avg, (u32)rem); \
> } \
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name##_avg)
>
> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev, \
> char *buf) \
> { \
> struct gb_loopback *gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); \
> - return sprintf(buf, "%" #type "\n", gb->field); \
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%" #type "\n", gb->field); \
Please, keep the \ characters aligned properly.
> } \
> static ssize_t field##_store(struct device *dev, \
> struct device_attribute *attr, \
> @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev, \
> char *buf) \
> { \
> struct gb_loopback *gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); \
> - return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", gb->field); \
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", gb->field); \
Same.
> } \
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(field)
>
> @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev, \
> char *buf) \
> { \
> struct gb_loopback *gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); \
> - return sprintf(buf, "%" #type "\n", gb->field); \
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%" #type "\n", gb->field); \
Same.
regards,
dan carpenter
> } \
> static ssize_t field##_store(struct device *dev, \
> struct device_attribute *attr, \
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2026-03-09 16:55 [PATCH] staging: greybus: loopback: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions Luis Soza Rodriguez
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