netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/5] net/mac80211/debugfs.c: use kstrtoul, etc

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Date:	Mon, 7 Nov 2011 13:47:27 +0200
From:	Eliad Peller <eliad@...ery.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] net/mac80211/debugfs.c: use kstrtoul, etc

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk> wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
>
> Use kstrtoul, etc instead of the now deprecated strict_strtoul, etc.
>
> A semantic patch rule for the kstrtoul case is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression a,b;
> {int,long} *c;
> @@
>
> -strict_strtoul
> +kstrtoul
>  (a,b,c)
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/debugfs.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff -u -p a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
> --- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static ssize_t uapsd_max_sp_len_write(st
>                return -EFAULT;
>        buf[len] = '\0';
>
> -       ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 0, &val);
> +       ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
>
>        if (ret)
>                return -EINVAL;
>

maybe while cleaning it up change copy_from_user +
strict_stroul/kstroul -> kstroul_from_user?

Eliad.
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