[PATCH v3] coresight: etm3x: Fix cntr_val_show() to match cntr_val_store() behavior
Kuan-Wei Chiu
visitorckw at gmail.com
Sun Feb 1 21:09:01 PST 2026
On Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 09:26:19AM +0000, James Clark wrote:
>
>
> On 02/12/2025 8:26 am, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > The cntr_val_show() function was intended to print the values of all
> > counters using a loop. However, due to a buffer overwrite issue with
> > sprintf(), it effectively only displayed the value of the last counter.
> >
> > The companion function, cntr_val_store(), allows users to modify a
> > specific counter selected by 'cntr_idx'. To maintain consistency
> > between read and write operations and to align with the ETM4x driver
> > behavior, modify cntr_val_show() to report only the value of the
> > currently selected counter.
> >
> > This change removes the loop and the "counter %d:" prefix, printing
> > only the hexadecimal value. It also adopts sysfs_emit() for standard
> > sysfs output formatting.
> >
> > Fixes: a939fc5a71ad ("coresight-etm: add CoreSight ETM/PTM driver")
> > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Build test only.
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Switch format specifier to %#x to include the 0x prefix.
> > - Add Cc stable
> >
> > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251201095228.1905489-1-visitorckw@gmail.com/
> >
> > .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c | 15 ++++-----------
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> > index 762109307b86..b3c67e96a82a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> > @@ -717,26 +717,19 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(cntr_rld_event);
> > static ssize_t cntr_val_show(struct device *dev,
> > struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> > {
> > - int i, ret = 0;
> > u32 val;
> > struct etm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
> > struct etm_config *config = &drvdata->config;
> > if (!coresight_get_mode(drvdata->csdev)) {
> > spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> > - for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_cntr; i++)
> > - ret += sprintf(buf, "counter %d: %x\n",
> > - i, config->cntr_val[i]);
> > + val = config->cntr_val[config->cntr_idx];
> > spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> > - return ret;
> > - }
> > -
> > - for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_cntr; i++) {
> > - val = etm_readl(drvdata, ETMCNTVRn(i));
> > - ret += sprintf(buf, "counter %d: %x\n", i, val);
> > + } else {
> > + val = etm_readl(drvdata, ETMCNTVRn(config->cntr_idx));
> > }
> > - return ret;
> > + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%#x\n", val);
> > }
> > static ssize_t cntr_val_store(struct device *dev,
>
> Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
>
Thanks for the review!
Is there anything else I need to do for this fix to land?
Regards,
Kuan-Wei
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