diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 920694c3c1ec..cec3f2fbba45 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -6311,33 +6311,35 @@ int for_all_proc_cpus(int (func) (int))
 
 #define PATH_EFFECTIVE_CPUS	"/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset.cpus.effective"
 
-static char cpu_effective_str[1024];
+static char *cpu_effective_str;
 
 static int update_effective_str(bool startup)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
-	char *pos;
-	char buf[1024];
+	char *buf = NULL;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cpu_effective_str[0] == '\0' && !startup)
+	if (!cpu_effective_str && !startup)
 		return 0;
 
 	fp = fopen(PATH_EFFECTIVE_CPUS, "r");
 	if (!fp)
 		return 0;
 
-	pos = fgets(buf, 1024, fp);
-	if (!pos)
+	if (getline(&buf, &size, fp) < 0)
 		err(1, "%s: file read failed", PATH_EFFECTIVE_CPUS);
 
 	fclose(fp);
 
-	ret = strncmp(cpu_effective_str, buf, 1024);
-	if (!ret)
+	ret = cpu_effective_str ? strcmp(cpu_effective_str, buf) : 1;
+	if (!ret) {
+		free(buf);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
-	strncpy(cpu_effective_str, buf, 1024);
+	free(cpu_effective_str);
+	cpu_effective_str = buf;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -8529,13 +8531,16 @@ end:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-char cpuset_buf[1024];
-int initialize_cpu_set_from_sysfs(cpu_set_t *cpu_set, char *sysfs_path, char *sysfs_file)
+int initialize_cpu_set_from_sysfs(cpu_set_t *cpu_set, const char *sysfs_path,
+				  const char *sysfs_file)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
+	char *cpuset_buf = NULL;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	char path[128];
+	int ret = -1;
 
-	if (snprintf(path, 128, "%s/%s", sysfs_path, sysfs_file) > 128)
+	if (snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", sysfs_path, sysfs_file) >= (int)sizeof(path))
 		err(-1, "%s %s", sysfs_path, sysfs_file);
 
 	fp = fopen(path, "r");
@@ -8543,19 +8548,20 @@ int initialize_cpu_set_from_sysfs(cpu_set_t *cpu_set, char *sysfs_path, char *sy
 		warn("open %s", path);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (fread(cpuset_buf, sizeof(char), 1024, fp) == 0) {
+	if (getline(&cpuset_buf, &size, fp) < 0) {
 		warn("read %s", sysfs_path);
-		goto err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	if (parse_cpu_str(cpuset_buf, cpu_set, cpu_possible_setsize)) {
-		warnx("%s: cpu str malformat %s\n", sysfs_path, cpu_effective_str);
-		goto err;
+		warnx("%s: cpu str malformat %s\n", sysfs_path, cpuset_buf);
+		goto out;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	ret = 0;
 
-err:
+out:
 	fclose(fp);
-	return -1;
+	free(cpuset_buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void print_cpu_set(char *s, cpu_set_t *set)