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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300 |
| commit | 8d91c1e411f55d7ea91b1183a2e9f8088fb4d5be (patch) | |
| tree | e9891aa6c295060d065adffd610c4f49ecf884f3 /Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt | |
| parent | a71852147516bc1cb5b0b3cbd13639bfd4022dc8 (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.3.2-gnu
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt index b35a64b82..9494afb94 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt @@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ Other notes: - show() methods should return the number of bytes printed into the buffer. This is the return value of scnprintf(). -- show() should always use scnprintf(). +- show() must not use snprintf() when formatting the value to be + returned to user space. If you can guarantee that an overflow + will never happen you can use sprintf() otherwise you must use + scnprintf(). - store() should return the number of bytes used from the buffer. If the entire buffer has been used, just return the count argument. |