Re: [PATCH RESEND] x86: kernel/check.c simple_strtoul cleanup

[Shuah Khan]

On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 11:55 -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> Change set_corruption_check() and set_corruption_check_period()
> in kernel/check.c to call kstrtoul() instead of calling
> obsoleted simple_strtoul().

How about this patch? Are you not interested in this type of cleanup
patches? Looking for some feedback so I can spend my energies on
something that would be worth while in the future :)

-- Shuah
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/check.c |   20 ++++++++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/check.c b/arch/x86/kernel/check.c
> index 5da1269..e2dbcb7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/check.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/check.c
> @@ -27,21 +27,29 @@ static int num_scan_areas;
>  
>  static __init int set_corruption_check(char *arg)
>  {
> -	char *end;
> +	ssize_t ret;
> +	unsigned long val;
>  
> -	memory_corruption_check = simple_strtol(arg, &end, 10);
> +	ret = kstrtoul(arg, 10, &val);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
> -	return (*end == 0) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
> +	memory_corruption_check = val;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  early_param("memory_corruption_check", set_corruption_check);
>  
>  static __init int set_corruption_check_period(char *arg)
>  {
> -	char *end;
> +	ssize_t ret;
> +	unsigned long val;
>  
> -	corruption_check_period = simple_strtoul(arg, &end, 10);
> +	ret = kstrtoul(arg, 10, &val);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
> -	return (*end == 0) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
> +	corruption_check_period = val;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  early_param("memory_corruption_check_period", set_corruption_check_period);
>  


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