Re: [PATCH] sysfs: Remove page boundary align limitation on sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

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On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 12:52:43PM +0000, Yu, Lang wrote:
> [AMD Official Use Only]
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> Just curious if we don't put such a limitation, what are the consequences?
> If we remove the limitation, sys_emit/sys_emit_at api will be more flexible.
> Since the comments of  sysfs_emit/ sys_emit_at api are  
> " sysfs_emit - scnprintf equivalent, aware of PAGE_SIZE buffer. ",
> Why not make them more equivalent with scnprintf?

Because this is not a general replacement for scnprintf(), it is only to
be used with sysfs files.

Where else are you wanting to use these functions that this patch woulud
be required that does not haver to deal with sysfs?

thanks,

greg k-h