RE: [External] : Re: [PATCH] scsi: snic: Use sysfs_emit in show function callback

[ALOK TIWARI]

Yes, please.

Thanks,
Alok

-----Original Message-----
From: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 1:06 AM
To: ALOK TIWARI <alok.a.tiwari@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@xxxxxxxxx>; Sesidhar Baddela <sebaddel@xxxxxxxxx>; James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Martin Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Praveen Kumar <kumarpraveen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [External] : Re: [PATCH] scsi: snic: Use sysfs_emit in show function callback

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 12:51:40AM +0530, ALOK TIWARI wrote:
> code changes look good.
> 
> commit message can be more simpler like  "show() should only use
> sysfs_emit() or sysfs_emit_at() when formatting the value to be 
> returned to user space."
> 
> and in place of kobject attributes , device attribute is more relevant here.

Hi Alok,
Thank you for the feedback. Your commends make perfect sense. Shall I resend a
v2 with the simplified language?

Regards,
Deepak.

> 
> Thanks,
> Alok
> 
> On 1/30/2023 9:56 PM, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> > According to Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst, the show() 
> > callback function of kobject attributes should strictly use 
> > sysfs_emit() instead of sprintf() family functions.
> > Issue identified using the device_attr_show.cocci Coccinelle script.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/scsi/snic/snic_attrs.c | 10 ++++------
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_attrs.c 
> > b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_attrs.c index 3ddbdbc3ded1..56c46ea06e60 
> > 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_attrs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_attrs.c
> > @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ snic_show_sym_name(struct device *dev,
> >   {
> >   	struct snic *snic = shost_priv(class_to_shost(dev));
> > -	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", snic->name);
> > +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", snic->name);
> >   }
> >   static ssize_t
> > @@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ snic_show_state(struct device *dev,
> >   {
> >   	struct snic *snic = shost_priv(class_to_shost(dev));
> > -	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n",
> > -			snic_state_str[snic_get_state(snic)]);
> > +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", 
> > +snic_state_str[snic_get_state(snic)]);
> >   }
> >   static ssize_t
> > @@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ snic_show_drv_version(struct device *dev,
> >   		      struct device_attribute *attr,
> >   		      char *buf)
> >   {
> > -	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", SNIC_DRV_VERSION);
> > +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", SNIC_DRV_VERSION);
> >   }
> >   static ssize_t
> > @@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ snic_show_link_state(struct device *dev,
> >   	if (snic->config.xpt_type == SNIC_DAS)
> >   		snic->link_status = svnic_dev_link_status(snic->vdev);
> > -	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n",
> > -			(snic->link_status) ? "Link Up" : "Link Down");
> > +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", (snic->link_status) ? "Link Up" : 
> > +"Link Down");
> >   }
> >   static DEVICE_ATTR(snic_sym_name, S_IRUGO, snic_show_sym_name, 
> > NULL);