Re: [PATCH 04/10] scsi: aacraid: linit: Remove snprintf() from sysfs call-backs and replace with sysfs_emit()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sat Feb 10 2024 - 02:00:54 EST


On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 08:44:16AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> Since snprintf() has the documented, but still rather strange trait of
> returning the length of the data that *would have been* written to the
> array if space were available, rather than the arguably more useful
> length of data *actually* written, it is usually considered wise to use
> something else instead in order to avoid confusion.
>
> In the case of sysfs call-backs, new wrappers exist that do just that.
>
> Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yeah, better to use sysfs_emit().

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook