The show() methods should only use sysfs_emit() when formatting values to be returned to the user space. Ref: Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst Issue identified by coccicheck. Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: 1. Include other show functions from the same file in the scope of this patch. Feedback from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2. Simplify code comment. Changes in v2: 1. Switch to using sysfs_emit instead of scnprintf 2. Update patch subject and log accordingly Feedback from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx drivers/staging/fieldbus/dev_core.c | 17 +++++++---------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/dev_core.c b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/dev_core.c index 5aab734606ea..5f54f2674bd1 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/dev_core.c +++ b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/dev_core.c @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static ssize_t online_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, { struct fieldbus_dev *fb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !!fb->online); + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", !!fb->online); } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(online); @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static ssize_t enabled_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, if (!fb->enable_get) return -EINVAL; - return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !!fb->enable_get(fb)); + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", !!fb->enable_get(fb)); } static ssize_t enabled_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, @@ -66,11 +66,8 @@ static ssize_t card_name_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, { struct fieldbus_dev *fb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - /* - * card_name was provided by child driver, could potentially be long. - * protect against buffer overrun. - */ - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", fb->card_name); + /* card_name was provided by child driver. */ + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", fb->card_name); } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(card_name); @@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ static ssize_t read_area_size_show(struct device *dev, { struct fieldbus_dev *fb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - return sprintf(buf, "%zu\n", fb->read_area_sz); + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%zu\n", fb->read_area_sz); } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(read_area_size); @@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ static ssize_t write_area_size_show(struct device *dev, { struct fieldbus_dev *fb = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - return sprintf(buf, "%zu\n", fb->write_area_sz); + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%zu\n", fb->write_area_sz); } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(write_area_size); @@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ static ssize_t fieldbus_type_show(struct device *dev, break; } - return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", t); + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", t); } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(fieldbus_type); -- 2.34.1