From: HariKrishna Sagala <hariconscious@gmail.com>

Replace snprintf() with scnprintf() when constructing the property
and remove negative return error handling as scnprintf() returns the
actual number of bytes written to buffer.

snprintf() as defined by the C99 standard,returns the number of 
characters that *would have been* written if enough space were 
available.Use scnprintf() that returns the actual number of 
characters written.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105
Signed-off-by: HariKrishna Sagala <hariconscious@gmail.com>
---
This patch optimizes the error handling part of property formatting
using the scnrpintf().
Removed the error check ret < 0 as scnprintf() doesn't return the
negative value as per contract.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/core-api/kernel-api.html#c.scnprintf

Thank you.

 sound/soc/mediatek/mt8195/mt8195-dai-etdm.c | 44 ++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8195/mt8195-dai-etdm.c b/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8195/mt8195-dai-etdm.c
index fd4f9f8f032d..77c58c9ec3e2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8195/mt8195-dai-etdm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8195/mt8195-dai-etdm.c
@@ -2652,14 +2652,9 @@ static void mt8195_dai_etdm_parse_of(struct mtk_base_afe *afe)
 
 		etdm_data = afe_priv->dai_priv[dai_id];
 
-		ret = snprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
-			       "mediatek,%s-mclk-always-on-rate",
-			       of_afe_etdms[i].name);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			dev_info(afe->dev, "%s snprintf err=%d\n",
-				 __func__, ret);
-			return;
-		}
+		scnprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
+			    "mediatek,%s-mclk-always-on-rate",
+			    of_afe_etdms[i].name);
 		ret = of_property_read_u32(of_node, prop, &sel);
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			etdm_data->mclk_dir = SND_SOC_CLOCK_OUT;
@@ -2668,24 +2663,14 @@ static void mt8195_dai_etdm_parse_of(struct mtk_base_afe *afe)
 					 __func__, sel);
 		}
 
-		ret = snprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
-			       "mediatek,%s-multi-pin-mode",
-			       of_afe_etdms[i].name);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			dev_info(afe->dev, "%s snprintf err=%d\n",
-				 __func__, ret);
-			return;
-		}
+		scnprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
+			    "mediatek,%s-multi-pin-mode",
+			    of_afe_etdms[i].name);
 		etdm_data->data_mode = of_property_read_bool(of_node, prop);
 
-		ret = snprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
-			       "mediatek,%s-cowork-source",
-			       of_afe_etdms[i].name);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			dev_info(afe->dev, "%s snprintf err=%d\n",
-				 __func__, ret);
-			return;
-		}
+		scnprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
+			    "mediatek,%s-cowork-source",
+			    of_afe_etdms[i].name);
 		ret = of_property_read_u32(of_node, prop, &sel);
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			if (sel >= MT8195_AFE_IO_ETDM_NUM) {
@@ -2707,14 +2692,9 @@ static void mt8195_dai_etdm_parse_of(struct mtk_base_afe *afe)
 		dai_id = ETDM_TO_DAI_ID(i);
 		etdm_data = afe_priv->dai_priv[dai_id];
 
-		ret = snprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
-			       "mediatek,%s-chn-disabled",
-			       of_afe_etdms[i].name);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			dev_info(afe->dev, "%s snprintf err=%d\n",
-				 __func__, ret);
-			return;
-		}
+		scnprintf(prop, sizeof(prop),
+			    "mediatek,%s-chn-disabled",
+			    of_afe_etdms[i].name);
 		ret = of_property_read_variable_u8_array(of_node, prop,
 							 disable_chn,
 							 1, max_chn);

base-commit: 30f09200cc4aefbd8385b01e41bde2e4565a6f0e
-- 
2.43.0

On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:14:09 +0530, hariconscious@gmail.com wrote:
> Replace snprintf() with scnprintf() when constructing the property
> and remove negative return error handling as scnprintf() returns the
> actual number of bytes written to buffer.
> 
> snprintf() as defined by the C99 standard,returns the number of
> characters that *would have been* written if enough space were
> available.Use scnprintf() that returns the actual number of
> characters written.
> 
> [...]

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound.git for-next

Thanks!

[1/1] ASoC: mediatek: mt8195: optimize property formatting error handling by using scnprintf()
      commit: 180cdb96e821e30528b02708b927c93daa0ed40b

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Mark