Re: [PATCH] test_power: add missing newlines when printing parameters by sysfs

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sat Oct 03 2020 - 17:55:49 EST


On Sat, 2020-10-03 at 23:50 +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 02:43:09PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sat, 2020-10-03 at 23:23 +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 02:09:58PM +0800, Xiongfeng Wang wrote:
> > > > When I cat some module parameters by sysfs, it displays as follows.
> > > > It's better to add a newline for easy reading.
> > []
> > > > root@syzkaller:~# cd /sys/module/test_power/parameters/
> > > > root@syzkaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat ac_online
> > > > onroot@syzkaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_present
> > > > trueroot@syzkaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_health
> > > > goodroot@syzkaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_status
> > > > dischargingroot@syzkaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat battery_technology
> > > > LIONroot@syzkaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters# cat usb_online
> > > > onroot@syzkaller:/sys/module/test_power/parameters#
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > >
> > > Thanks, queued.
> > []
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c b/drivers/power/supply/test_power.c
> > []
> > > > @@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ static int param_set_ac_online(const char *key, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> > > > static int param_get_ac_online(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> > > > {
> > > > strcpy(buffer, map_get_key(map_ac_online, ac_online, "unknown"));
> > > > + strcat(buffer, "\n");
> > > > return strlen(buffer);
> > > > }
> >
> > All of these would be better as sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", <whatever>)
> > so the output is scanned just once instead of scanned three times.
>
> Agreed. Anybody willing to send a patch? :)

Well, you _are_ the maintainer. Why not you?