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>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index e153807..458018a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -803,19 +803,10 @@
size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
unsigned long val;
- char buf[64]; /* big enough to hold a number */
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;
val = !!val;