linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND] x86: kernel/microcode_core.c simple

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Date:	Sun, 06 May 2012 11:11:04 -0600
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk
Cc:	shuahkhan@...il.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND] x86: kernel/microcode_core.c simple_strtoul cleanup

Change reload_for_cpu() in kernel/microcode_core.c to call kstrtoul()
instead of calling obsoleted simple_strtoul().

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index c9bda6d..fbdfc69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -299,12 +299,11 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	unsigned long val;
 	int cpu = dev->id;
-	int ret = 0;
-	char *end;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
-	val = simple_strtoul(buf, &end, 0);
-	if (end == buf)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (val == 1) {
 		get_online_cpus();
-- 
1.7.9.5



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