[PATCH 23/28] Input: synaptics_usb - use seq_buf and snprintf() for name and phys
From: Bill Wendling
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 04:41:26 EST
synusb_probe() constructs the device name and physical path using a mix of
strscpy(), strlcat(), and snprintf().
In preparation for removing the deprecated strlcat() API[1], use struct
seq_buf to incrementally build synusb->name, and format synusb->phys with
snprintf() after generating the USB path.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370 [1]
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Assisted-by: Gemini:1.5-Pro-002 [editor_update_file, make_kernel_build_single_file, test_runner_run_kunit_test]
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@xxxxxxxxxx>
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---
drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c
index 880a0c79148c..d13d2d6202ee 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#include <linux/usb.h>
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/usb/input.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
#define USB_VENDOR_ID_SYNAPTICS 0x06cb
#define USB_DEVICE_ID_SYNAPTICS_TP 0x0001 /* Synaptics USB TouchPad */
@@ -278,6 +279,8 @@ static int synusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
struct input_dev *input_dev;
unsigned int intf_num = intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber;
unsigned int altsetting = min(intf->num_altsetting, 1U);
+ struct seq_buf s;
+ char path[64];
int error;
error = usb_set_interface(udev, intf_num, altsetting);
@@ -334,27 +337,29 @@ static int synusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
ep->bInterval);
synusb->urb->transfer_flags |= URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
+ seq_buf_init(&s, synusb->name, sizeof(synusb->name));
+
if (udev->manufacturer)
- strscpy(synusb->name, udev->manufacturer,
- sizeof(synusb->name));
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, udev->manufacturer);
if (udev->product) {
if (udev->manufacturer)
- strlcat(synusb->name, " ", sizeof(synusb->name));
- strlcat(synusb->name, udev->product, sizeof(synusb->name));
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, " ");
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, udev->product);
}
- if (!strlen(synusb->name))
- snprintf(synusb->name, sizeof(synusb->name),
- "USB Synaptics Device %04x:%04x",
- le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idVendor),
- le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idProduct));
+ if (!seq_buf_used(&s))
+ seq_buf_printf(&s, "USB Synaptics Device %04x:%04x",
+ le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idVendor),
+ le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idProduct));
if (synusb->flags & SYNUSB_STICK)
- strlcat(synusb->name, " (Stick)", sizeof(synusb->name));
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, " (Stick)");
- usb_make_path(udev, synusb->phys, sizeof(synusb->phys));
- strlcat(synusb->phys, "/input0", sizeof(synusb->phys));
+ seq_buf_str(&s);
+
+ usb_make_path(udev, path, sizeof(path));
+ snprintf(synusb->phys, sizeof(synusb->phys), "%s/input0", path);
input_dev->name = synusb->name;
input_dev->phys = synusb->phys;
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