According to Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst, the show() callback function of kobject attributes should strictly use sysfs_emit() instead of sprintf() family functions. Issue identified using the device_attr_show.cocci Coccinelle script. Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c index 589c1c66a6dc..cf040e2e9efe 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static ssize_t core_id_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, struct drm_device *drm = dev_get_drvdata(dev); struct malidp_drm *malidp = drm_to_malidp(drm); - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%08x\n", malidp->core_id); + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%08x\n", malidp->core_id); } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(core_id); -- 2.34.1