[PATCH 2/2] s390/qdio_debug: Use kstrtoul_from_user

From: Peter Huewe
Date: Mon Jun 06 2011 - 17:08:21 EST


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.

Kernel Version: v3.0-rc2

Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c | 12 +++---------
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c
index f8b03a6..0e615cb 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c
@@ -188,19 +188,13 @@ static ssize_t qperf_seq_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr = seq->private;
struct qdio_q *q;
unsigned long val;
- char buf[8];
int ret, i;

if (!irq_ptr)
return 0;
- if (count >= sizeof(buf))
- return -EINVAL;
- if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, count))
- return -EFAULT;
- buf[count] = 0;
-
- ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
- if (ret < 0)
+
+ ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, count, 10, &val);
+ if (ret)
return ret;

switch (val) {
--
1.7.3.4

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