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According to the documentation[1] show() methods of device attributes should return the number of bytes printed into the buffer. This is the return value of scnprintf(). show() must not use snprintf() when formatting the value to be returned to user space. snprintf() returns the length the resulting string would be, assuming it all fit into the destination array[2]. scnprintf() return the length of the string actually created in buf. If one can guarantee that an overflow will never happen sprintf() can be used otherwise scnprintf(). [1] Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt [2] "snprintf() confusion" https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/ Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.