Re: [PATCH v3] coresight: etm3x: Fix cntr_val_show() to match cntr_val_store() behavior

From: James Clark
Date: Tue Dec 02 2025 - 04:26:31 EST




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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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@xxxxxxxxx/

.../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@xxxxxxxxxx>