linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mfd/ab8500: Use kstrtoul_from

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:45:46 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Ian Lartey <ian@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Dimitris Papastamos <dp@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mfd/ab8500: Use kstrtoul_from_user

NAK
You should use kstrtou8_from_user() and drop 0xff check as well.

Do NOT blindly replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de> wrote:
> -       err = strict_strtoul(buf, 0, &user_val);
> +       err = kstrtoul_from_user(user_buf, count, 0, &user_val);
>        if (err)
> -               return -EINVAL;
> +               return err;
> +
>        if (user_val > 0xff) {
>                dev_err(dev, "debugfs error input > 0xff\n");
>                return -EINVAL;
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