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On 9/26/22 11:40, Jules Irenge wrote:
> Coccinnelle reports a warning
> Warning: Use scnprintf or sprintf
> Adding to that, there has been a slow migration from snprintf to scnprintf.
> This LWN article explains the rationale for this change
> https: //lwn.net/Articles/69419/
> Ie. snprintf() returns what *would* be the resulting length,
> while scnprintf() returns the actual length.

Isn't using snprintf() or scnprintf() inside sysfs show callbacks 
considered deprecated?

Thanks,

Bart.