Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit() in sysfs show functions.
sysfs_emit() is preferred for formatting sysfs output because it
provides safer bounds checking.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 block/partitions/core.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 740228750aaf..02ec8f663e6a 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/raid/detect.h>
@@ -177,31 +178,31 @@ static struct parsed_partitions *check_partition(struct gendisk *hd)
 static ssize_t part_partition_show(struct device *dev,
 				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", bdev_partno(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", bdev_partno(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
 }
 
 static ssize_t part_start_show(struct device *dev,
 			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_start_sect);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%llu\n", dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_start_sect);
 }
 
 static ssize_t part_ro_show(struct device *dev,
 			    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", bdev_read_only(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", bdev_read_only(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
 }
 
 static ssize_t part_alignment_offset_show(struct device *dev,
 					  struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", bdev_alignment_offset(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", bdev_alignment_offset(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
 }
 
 static ssize_t part_discard_alignment_show(struct device *dev,
 					   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", bdev_discard_alignment(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", bdev_discard_alignment(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(partition, 0444, part_partition_show, NULL);

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:50:00 +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit() in sysfs show functions.
> sysfs_emit() is preferred for formatting sysfs output because it
> provides safer bounds checking.

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] block: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions
      commit: a175ee8273319547a4be7584da03831a2fb2f835

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe

On 4/3/26 01:50, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit() in sysfs show functions.
> sysfs_emit() is preferred for formatting sysfs output because it
> provides safer bounds checking.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>

-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research