[PATCH 1/3] coresight: Replace sprintf with scnprintf

[Olav Haugan]

On 17-04-08 17:42:23, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:09:31AM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> > From: Olav Haugan <ohaugan at codeaurora.org>
> > 
> > Replace all occurrences of sprintf with scnprintf in coresight driver for
> > consistency. scnprintf is also a safer alternative to sprintf.
> 
> But it's totally pointless here :(
> 

The driver is using a mix of sprintf and scnprintf. This patch is
making the usage consistent across the driver. (There is actually more scnprintf
usage than sprintf usage.) Consistency is good. What is the harm?

> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Olav Haugan <ohaugan at codeaurora.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c      |  2 +-
> >  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c   |  2 +-
> >  .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c    | 66 +++++++++++-----------
> >  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-funnel.c     |  4 +-
> >  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-stm.c        |  2 +-
> >  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.c        |  2 +-
> >  6 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
> > index d7325c6534ad..491f4da61c11 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
> > @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static ssize_t trigger_cntr_show(struct device *dev,
> >  	struct etb_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
> >  	unsigned long val = drvdata->trigger_cntr;
> >  
> > -	return sprintf(buf, "%#lx\n", val);
> > +	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%#lx\n", val);
> 
> There is no need for this in sysfs show callbacks.  You _know_ this is a
> PAGE_SIZE buffer, and that you can not overflow it with a simple number.
> 
> So don't change these types of functions for no reason please.
> 
> Same for most of this patch.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

-- 
.Olav

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