On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 07:13:51PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote: > @@ -1127,27 +1128,26 @@ static irqreturn_t thunderx_ocx_com_threaded_isr(int irq, void *irq_id) > ARRAY_SIZE(ocx->com_err_ctx)); > ctx = &ocx->com_err_ctx[tail]; > > - snprintf(msg, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE, "%s: OCX_COM_INT: %016llx", > - ocx->edac_dev->ctl_name, ctx->reg_com_int); > - > decode_register(other, OCX_OTHER_SIZE, > ocx_com_errors, ctx->reg_com_int); > > - strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE); > + remaining = OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE; > + remaining -= scnprintf(msg, remaining, "%s: OCX_COM_INT: %016llx%s", > + ocx->edac_dev->ctl_name, ctx->reg_com_int, > + other); > > for (lane = 0; lane < OCX_RX_LANES; lane++) > if (ctx->reg_com_int & BIT(lane)) { > - snprintf(other, OCX_OTHER_SIZE, > - "\n\tOCX_LNE_INT[%02d]: %016llx OCX_LNE_STAT11[%02d]: %016llx", > - lane, ctx->reg_lane_int[lane], > - lane, ctx->reg_lane_stat11[lane]); > - > - strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE); > - > decode_register(other, OCX_OTHER_SIZE, > ocx_lane_errors, > ctx->reg_lane_int[lane]); > - strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE); > + > + remaining -= scnprintf(msg + (OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE - remaining), > + remaining, Instead of doing "remaining -=" the canonincal way is "off +=". Then the snprintf() becomes: off += scnprintf(msg + off, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE - off, ""\n\tOCX_... Your way works but it makes my head hurt. regards, dan carpenter