Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 2 authors, 2021-09-21

Re: [PATCH 1/8] loop: use sysfs_emit() in the sysfs offset show

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From: Himanshu Madhani <hidden>
Date: 2021-09-21 13:33:54

On Sep 21, 2021, at 4:21 AM, Chaitanya Kulkarni [off-list ref] wrote:

From: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>

Output defects can exist in sysfs content using sprintf and snprintf.
Small nit.. I would remove above line from patch 1 - 5. 

Below commit message describes it better.
 
sprintf does not know the PAGE_SIZE maximum of the temporary buffer
used for outputting sysfs content and it's possible to overrun the
PAGE_SIZE buffer length.

Use a generic sysfs_emit function that knows that the size of the
Also in above line, I would remove second “that” (same for patches 1 - 5)
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
temporary buffer and ensures that no overrun is done for offset
attribute.

Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 7bf4686af774..e37444977ae6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static ssize_t loop_attr_backing_file_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
static ssize_t loop_attr_offset_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
{
-	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)lo->lo_offset);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)lo->lo_offset);
}

static ssize_t loop_attr_sizelimit_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
-- 
2.29.0
Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <redacted>

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Himanshu Madhani	 Oracle Linux Engineering
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