From: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> drivers/acpi/dock.c:563:8-16: WARNING: use scnprintf or sprintf drivers/acpi/dock.c:544:8-16: WARNING: use scnprintf or sprintf drivers/acpi/dock.c:495:8-16: WARNING: use scnprintf or sprintf drivers/acpi/dock.c:506:8-16: WARNING: use scnprintf or sprintf From Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt: show() must not use snprintf() when formatting the value to be returned to user space. If you can guarantee that an overflow will never happen you can use sprintf() otherwise you must use scnprintf(). Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/device_attr_show.cocci Fixes: abfc19ff202d ("coccinelle: api: add device_attr_show script") CC: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> --- tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 7c2a69f610e64c8dec6a06a66e721f4ce1dd783a commit: abfc19ff202d287742483e15fd478ddd6ada2187 coccinelle: api: add device_attr_show script Please take the patch only if it's a positive warning. Thanks! dock.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static ssize_t show_docked(struct device struct acpi_device *adev = NULL; acpi_bus_get_device(dock_station->handle, &adev); - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%u\n", acpi_device_enumerated(adev)); + return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%u\n", acpi_device_enumerated(adev)); } static DEVICE_ATTR(docked, S_IRUGO, show_docked, NULL); @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static ssize_t show_flags(struct device struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) { struct dock_station *dock_station = dev->platform_data; - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", dock_station->flags); + return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", dock_station->flags); } static DEVICE_ATTR(flags, S_IRUGO, show_flags, NULL); @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static ssize_t show_dock_uid(struct devi if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) return 0; - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%llx\n", lbuf); + return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%llx\n", lbuf); } static DEVICE_ATTR(uid, S_IRUGO, show_dock_uid, NULL); @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static ssize_t show_dock_type(struct dev else type = "unknown"; - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", type); + return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", type); } static DEVICE_ATTR(type, S_IRUGO, show_dock_type, NULL);