On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 01:11:18PM +0530, Himanshu Chauhan wrote: > Hi All, > > The sysfs_ops's show vector doesn't have a size of the > buffer given to the vector, while store on the other hand > has. What is the rationale behind it? If you need to check the size, you are doing something wrong. Seriously, that is the reason. A sysfs file should be a single value, which will never overflow the buffer. > I see most of the implementations doing strcpy in the > show vectors. Ill behaved driver might overwrite the > given buffer when size is not known. Should this be addressed > by providing the buffer size along with the buffer pointer? Nope. Again, a single value only, it easily fits into the buffer size. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ