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There is a general misunderstanding amongst engineers that {v}snprintf()
returns the length of the data *actually* encoded into the destination
array. However, as per the C99 standard {v}snprintf() really returns
the length of the data that *would have been* written if there were
enough space for it. This misunderstanding has led to buffer-overruns
in the past. It's generally considered safer to use the {v}scnprintf()
variants in their place (or even sprintf() in simple cases). So let's
do that.
Whilst we're at it, let's define some magic numbers to increase
readability and ease of maintenance.
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105
Cc: Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231213164246.1021885-9-lee@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>