Re: [PATCH] scsi: bfa: bfad_attr.c: Optimization of the Code

From: Bart Van Assche
Date: Thu Jun 05 2014 - 02:56:11 EST


On 06/04/14 20:08, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> Minimized the use of snprintf()
> And removed a variable that was only used for the temporary storage.
>
> This was partly found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c | 14 ++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c
> index 40be670..5f5917a 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c
> @@ -839,12 +839,10 @@ bfad_im_symbolic_name_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> (struct bfad_im_port_s *) shost->hostdata[0];
> struct bfad_s *bfad = im_port->bfad;
> struct bfa_lport_attr_s port_attr;
> - char symname[BFA_SYMNAME_MAXLEN];
>
> bfa_fcs_lport_get_attr(&bfad->bfa_fcs.fabric.bport, &port_attr);
> - strncpy(symname, port_attr.port_cfg.sym_name.symname,
> - BFA_SYMNAME_MAXLEN);
> - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", symname);
> + return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n",
> + port_attr.port_cfg.sym_name.symname);
> }
>
> static ssize_t
> @@ -865,7 +863,9 @@ static ssize_t
> bfad_im_drv_version_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> char *buf)
> {
> - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", BFAD_DRIVER_VERSION);
> + strncpy(buf, BFAD_DRIVER_VERSION "\n" , PAGE_SIZE);
> + buf[PAGE_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
> + return strlen(buf);
> }
>
> static ssize_t
> @@ -913,7 +913,9 @@ static ssize_t
> bfad_im_drv_name_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> char *buf)
> {
> - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", BFAD_DRIVER_NAME);
> + strncpy(buf, BFAD_DRIVER_NAME "\n" , PAGE_SIZE);
> + buf[PAGE_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
> + return strlen(buf);
> }

This is ugly. Please use sprintf(buf, "%.*s\n", PAGE_SIZE - 1, str)
instead of strncpy() + strlen().

Bart.

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