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From: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org,
	mark.rutland@arm.com, jolsa@redhat.com, namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: events: Use scnprintf() in show_pmu_*() instead of snprintf()
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 10:19:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d0c52cb6-5eb2-8ea0-a1b4-c97f447835f6@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o8mfxxc4.fsf@ashishki-desk.ger.corp.intel.com>

On 9/9/20 12:45 AM, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> 
>> Since snprintf() returns would-be-output size instead of the actual
>> output size, replace it with scnprintf(), so the nr_addr_filters_show(),
>> type_show(), and perf_event_mux_interval_ms_show() routines return the
>> actual size.
> 
> Well, firstly they should just be sprintf()s, and secondly, I wouldn't
> worry about it, because [0].

scnprintf() or sprinf() could be used.

> 
> [0] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=159874491103969&w=2

Awesome. Thanks for the pointer. I wasn't aware of this work and
it takes care of the problem kernel wide. A better way to solve
the problem.

thanks,
-- Shuah

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-09 16:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-01 23:49 [PATCH] kernel: events: Use scnprintf() in show_pmu_*() instead of snprintf() Shuah Khan
2020-09-01 23:49 ` [PATCH] kernel: Use scnprintf() in show_smt_*() " Shuah Khan
2020-09-10 11:15   ` Qais Yousef
2020-09-09  6:45 ` [PATCH] kernel: events: Use scnprintf() in show_pmu_*() " Alexander Shishkin
2020-09-09 16:19   ` Shuah Khan [this message]
2020-09-09 17:27     ` Joe Perches

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