On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:14:45PM -0500, Narendra K wrote: > +static char smbios_attr[4096]; > + > +enum smbios_attr_enum { > + SMBIOS_ATTR_LABEL_SHOW = 1, > + SMBIOS_ATTR_INSTANCE_SHOW, > +}; > + > +static mode_t > +smbios_instance_string_exist(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, > + int attribute) > +{ > + struct device *dev; > + struct pci_dev *pdev; > + const struct dmi_device *dmi; > + struct dmi_dev_onboard *donboard; > + int bus; > + int devfn; > + > + dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj); > + pdev = to_pci_dev(dev); > + > + bus = pdev->bus->number; > + devfn = pdev->devfn; > + > + dmi = NULL; > + while ((dmi = dmi_find_device(DMI_DEV_TYPE_DEV_ONBOARD, > + NULL, dmi)) != NULL) { > + donboard = dmi->device_data; > + if (donboard && donboard->bus == bus && > + donboard->devfn == devfn) { > + if (attribute == SMBIOS_ATTR_INSTANCE_SHOW) > + return scnprintf(smbios_attr, PAGE_SIZE, > + "%d\n", donboard->instance); > + else if (attribute == SMBIOS_ATTR_LABEL_SHOW) > + return scnprintf(smbios_attr, PAGE_SIZE, > + "%s\n", dmi->name); Wait, depending on the attribute you are looking at, you are placing the data in a single buffer? What happens if userspace opens and reads both files at once? Please don't use this function for your show attributes, just properly copy the correct string into the userspace buffer. This logic just complicates things a lot more, right? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html