hmc5843_set_measurement_configuration,
                        0);
 
-static ssize_t hmc5843_show_samp_freq_avail(struct device *dev,
-                               struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+static ssize_t hmc5843_show_int_plus_micros(char *buf,
+       const int (*vals)[2], int n)
 {
-       struct hmc5843_data *data = iio_priv(dev_to_iio_dev(dev));
-       ssize_t total_n = 0;
+       size_t len = 0;
        int i;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < HMC5843_RATE_NOT_USED; i++) {
-               ssize_t n = sprintf(buf, "%d.%d ",
-                       data->variant->regval_to_samp_freq[i][0],
-                       data->variant->regval_to_samp_freq[i][1]);
-               buf += n;
-               total_n += n;
-       }
+       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+               len += scnprintf(buf + len, PAGE_SIZE - len,
+                       "%d.%d ", vals[i][0], vals[i][1]);
+
        /* replace trailing space by newline */
-       buf[-1] = '\n';
+       buf[len - 1] = '\n';
+
+       return len;
+}
 
-       return total_n;
+static int hmc5843_check_int_plus_micros(const int (*vals)[2], int n,
+                                       int val, int val2)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+               if (val == vals[i][0] && val2 == vals[i][1])
+                       return i;
+       }
+
+       return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static ssize_t hmc5843_show_samp_freq_avail(struct device *dev,
+                               struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+       struct hmc5843_data *data = iio_priv(dev_to_iio_dev(dev));
+
+       return hmc5843_show_int_plus_micros(buf,
+               data->variant->regval_to_samp_freq, HMC5843_RATE_NOT_USED);
 }
 
 static IIO_DEV_ATTR_SAMP_FREQ_AVAIL(hmc5843_show_samp_freq_avail);
 static int hmc5843_check_samp_freq(struct hmc5843_data *data,
                                   int val, int val2)
 {
-       int i;
-
-       for (i = 0; i < HMC5843_RATE_NOT_USED; i++) {
-               if (val == data->variant->regval_to_samp_freq[i][0] &&
-                   val2 == data->variant->regval_to_samp_freq[i][1])
-                       return i;
-       }
-
-       return -EINVAL;
+       return hmc5843_check_int_plus_micros(
+               data->variant->regval_to_samp_freq, HMC5843_RATE_NOT_USED,
+               val, val2);
 }
 
 static ssize_t hmc5843_show_range_gain(struct device *dev,