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. Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c index 406be169173c..b40802d707a1 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c +++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c @@ -500,9 +500,9 @@ static ssize_t qeth_hw_trap_show(struct device *dev, struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(dev); if (card->info.hwtrap) - return snprintf(buf, 5, "arm\n"); + return scnprintf(buf, 5, "arm\n"); else - return snprintf(buf, 8, "disarm\n"); + return scnprintf(buf, 8, "disarm\n"); } static ssize_t qeth_hw_trap_store(struct device *dev, -- 2.37.3