Re: [PATCH] watchdog: Use sysfs_emit() and sysfs_emit_at() in "show" functions

From: Juerg Haefliger
Date: Thu May 20 2021 - 02:30:59 EST


On Wed, 12 May 2021 21:48:37 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 2021-05-11 at 08:18 +0200, Juerg Haefliger wrote:
> > Convert sprintf() in sysfs "show" functions to sysfs_emit() and
> > sysfs_emit_at() in order to check for buffer overruns in sysfs outputs.
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c
> []
> > @@ -445,8 +445,9 @@ static ssize_t ziirave_wdt_sysfs_show_firm(struct device *dev,
> >   if (ret)
> >   return ret;
> >  
> >
> > - ret = sprintf(buf, ZIIRAVE_FW_VERSION_FMT, w_priv->firmware_rev.major,
> > - w_priv->firmware_rev.minor);
> > + ret = sysfs_emit(buf, ZIIRAVE_FW_VERSION_FMT,
> > + w_priv->firmware_rev.major,
> > + w_priv->firmware_rev.minor);
> >  
> >
> >   mutex_unlock(&w_priv->sysfs_mutex);
> >  
> >
> > @@ -468,8 +469,9 @@ static ssize_t ziirave_wdt_sysfs_show_boot(struct device *dev,
> >   if (ret)
> >   return ret;
> >  
> >
> > - ret = sprintf(buf, ZIIRAVE_BL_VERSION_FMT, w_priv->bootloader_rev.major,
> > - w_priv->bootloader_rev.minor);
> > + ret = sysfs_emit(buf, ZIIRAVE_BL_VERSION_FMT,
> > + w_priv->bootloader_rev.major,
> > + w_priv->bootloader_rev.minor);
> >  
> >
> >   mutex_unlock(&w_priv->sysfs_mutex);
> >  
> >
> > @@ -491,7 +493,7 @@ static ssize_t ziirave_wdt_sysfs_show_reason(struct device *dev,
> >   if (ret)
> >   return ret;
> >  
> >
> > - ret = sprintf(buf, "%s", ziirave_reasons[w_priv->reset_reason]);
> > + ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s", ziirave_reasons[w_priv->reset_reason]);
>
> All of these formats should probably end with a newline
> and the ZIIRAVE_<FOO>_VERSION_FMT defines are to me unnecessary.
>

I'll send a follow-on patch for that.

...Juerg

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