Re: [PATCH] thermal: intel: Use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 15:22:27 EST


On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 9:22 AM Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit() in sysfs show functions.
> sysfs_emit() is preferred to format sysfs output as it provides better
> bounds checking.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c
> index debc94e2dc16..44fa4dd15dd1 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/smp.h>
> +#include <linux/sysfs.h>
> #include <linux/cpu.h>
>
> #include <asm/processor.h>
> @@ -144,8 +145,8 @@ static ssize_t therm_throt_device_show_##event##_##name( \
> \
> preempt_disable(); /* CPU hotplug */ \
> if (cpu_online(cpu)) { \
> - ret = sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", \
> - per_cpu(thermal_state, cpu).event.name); \
> + ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%lu\n", \
> + per_cpu(thermal_state, cpu).event.name); \
> } else \
> ret = 0; \
> preempt_enable(); \
> --

Applied as 6.20 material, thanks!