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[RFC 7/7] USB: usbatm: avoid fragile and inefficient snprintf use

From Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [RFC 7/7] USB: usbatm: avoid fragile and inefficient snprintf use
Date 2016-03-08 21:50 +0100
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Passing overlapping source and destination is fragile, and in this
case we can even simplify the code and avoid the huge stack buffer by
using the %p extension for printing a small hex dump.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
---
 drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c b/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
index db322d9ccb6e..fb47f9883056 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
@@ -1331,15 +1331,12 @@ MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
 static int usbatm_print_packet(struct usbatm_data *instance,
 			       const unsigned char *data, int len)
 {
-	unsigned char buffer[256];
-	int i = 0, j = 0;
+	int i, j;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < len;) {
-		buffer[0] = '\0';
-		sprintf(buffer, "%.3d :", i);
-		for (j = 0; (j < 16) && (i < len); j++, i++)
-			sprintf(buffer, "%s %2.2x", buffer, data[i]);
-		dev_dbg(&instance->usb_intf->dev, "%s", buffer);
+		j = min(16, len-i);
+		dev_dbg(&instance->usb_intf->dev, "%.3d : %*ph", i, j, data + i);
+		i += j;
 	}
 	return i;
 }
-- 
2.1.4

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[RFC 7/7] USB: usbatm: avoid fragile and inefficient snprintf use Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> - 2016-03-08 21:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC 7/7] USB: usbatm: avoid fragile and inefficient snprintf  use Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-08 22:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC 7/7] USB: usbatm: avoid fragile and inefficient snprintf use Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-03-11 01:00 +0100
  Re: [RFC 7/7] USB: usbatm: avoid fragile and inefficient snprintf use Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2016-03-09 14:10 +0100

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