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authorPeter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>2011-06-07 21:58:27 +0200
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2011-06-14 22:48:50 -0400
commit22fe9b54d859e53bfbbbdc1a0a77a82bc453927c (patch)
tree4aec2d069decbe0786ad5474908f5bbe49732ad4 /kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
parent749230b06a753a22f6ed96e5dd60815d6ab12865 (diff)
tracing: Convert to kstrtoul_from_user
This patch replaces the code for getting an unsigned long from a userspace buffer by a simple call to kstroul_from_user. This makes it easier to read and less error prone. Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1307476707-14762-1-git-send-email-peterhuewe@gmx.de Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c13
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 725153d6cf7..f00ede314eb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3980,20 +3980,11 @@ rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
unsigned long *p = filp->private_data;
- char buf[64];
unsigned long val;
int ret;
- if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
- return -EINVAL;
-
- if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- buf[cnt] = 0;
-
- ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
- if (ret < 0)
+ ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+ if (ret)
return ret;
if (val)